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By the spring of 2012 they had cultured biopsies from three genetically hearing-impaired patients.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2013

Their school-kits came out of the long serials to which she had at last attained, and which became a never-failing joke with those of her acquaintances who had cultured literary tastes.

From The Disturbing Charm by Ruck, Berta

He carried a rich country nature to the city, and he had cultured it finely, and it was bearing fair and mellow fruit.

From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg

The old man had cultured his land, and no fairer flowers or sweeter fruits grew in the valley than his own.

From Allegories of Life by Adams, J. S., Mrs.

Leland had grappled with adverse seasons, and held his own against hard and clever men, but he had not as yet had cultured Englishwomen for his enemies or partisans.

From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold