have been cultivating
- present perfect progressive of cultivate.
Example Sentences
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Our collective of Northwest family farmers have been cultivating the very best dairy for generations.”
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
People have been cultivating silkworms for thousands of years, unwinding their cocoons to provide material for textiles.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 19, 2023
Yeast are single-celled fungi that come in 1,500 different species; humans have been cultivating them to make breads and alcoholic beverages for 5,000 years.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
Schaletzky and her husband have been cultivating a plot in the “Free Country” community garden for the past eight years, growing strawberries, salad greens and kohlrabi.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2020
I think you have been cultivating your education as gourmand since I saw you; that pasty is worthy our friend in the Palais Royal.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
