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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

But as Caulfield noted, the wellness movement has undergone a major cultural change in the past half-decade that has made it almost unrecognizable from the movement that birthed MAHA.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

Ms. Willetts runs through various examples to make her case that the “organized rebellion” fostered by nightclubs often ignited cultural change.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He says commonhold will require "a bit of a cultural change" and that people will need to view themselves as "stewards" of their building.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Beginning a little more than two thousand years ago, the central and lower Amazon were rocked by extreme cultural change.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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