culture
noun
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
was culturing
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past progressiveof culture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The woman on the line told him she worked as a broker and had a client who wanted to buy some of the young giant clams his team was culturing.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 30, 2016
The container in which he was culturing virulent tuberculosis germs had burst.
From Time Magazine Archive
