Example Sentences

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But it still wasn’t quite the right fit for the vibe he and his wife were cultivating.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

“We didn’t look at the polls and use that to determine anything; we looked at this team and what we were cultivating together,” said Bryant, the Huskies’ team captain out of Kennedy Catholic.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

The earliest known agricultural settlements in the Americas have been found in northeastern Mexico, where as early as 6500 BCE people were cultivating plants like pepper and squash.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Over the same period that they were cultivating political ties, Parnas and Fruman were involved with a dizzying array of business pursuits.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2019

However, it is not yet known whether Ethiopians were cultivating these local plants before or only after the arrival of the Southwest Asian package.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond