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cultural change

American  
[kuhl-cher-uhl chaynj] / ˈkʌl tʃər əl ˈtʃeɪndʒ /

noun

  • cultural changes
    plural
  1. Also, culture change, alteration in a society's culture, resulting either from internal development or from interchange with members of other societies.


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Zev Yaroslavsky, a former L.A. politician who served then as a City Council member representing district 5, said the new ethics role represented a “dramatic, profound cultural change in municipal government.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

And a cultural change was hitting the business hard: In a digital economy dominated by smartphones and tap-to-pay credit cards, revenue steadily declined as the machines became harder to use in everyday life.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

There have been some bumps along the road but the most striking cultural change has been the club's refusal to panic.

From BBC May 29, 2026

It was a major cultural change for someone who had come up on the British populist right, as the restaurant attracted patrons interested in blockchain and not just in Brexit.

From Slate Mar. 10, 2026

Indeed, the coming age of cultural change - including new trends in music - was ushered in by a widely held belief that the world was on the brink of catastrophe.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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