Example Sentences

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Reflecting on her approach to “Traitors,” Rinna said she wanted to strip away the conflict-driven persona she had cultivated on “Real Housewives” and present a more unfiltered version of herself.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

With the help of her two sons and two daughters, she had cultivated her fields of cassava, potatoes and beans.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Where Uber was a brash rule breaker, Lyft had cultivated a reputation as the nice-guy ride-hail platform that cared about things like green transport and sustainability.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2023

Geneticists have worked for years to develop similar traits in the lab, but it was smallholder farmers who had cultivated and preserved that corn for centuries.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023

The work paid off: Fitzsimmons had cultivated the talents of myriad champions, including Gallant Fox and Omaha, two of the first three horses to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes—the Triple Crown.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand