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Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English, cultivation, from Old French, from Latin cultūra, from cultus, past participle of colere; see cultivate.
Examples
“These days, I study things like differences in "cultures" between troops of baboons, how the cultures are propagated, the consequences of the differing cultures for the health of individuals.”
“Never mind that those writers lived in cultures that thought the Earth was flat and the heavens were a solid dome overhead.”
“I do not find that unlimited immigration from inferior cultures is a benefit for the country.”
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“Otherwise, the influence of ancient cultures is impossible to scrub from the data.”
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“Since my trip, I've devoured books on Latin cultures, traditions, histories, and individuals that shaped each of the places I visited and, of course, the place I came from, Puerto Rico.”
“Since I had a grasp of Latin cultures but had never been given an opportunity to experience them, proximity aside, South America was definitely the right place to begin.”
“Specialized skin cultures: bacterial, viral and fungal.”
“Certain cultures and backgrounds, including rural/indigenous ones, aren't going to be so slavish to the clock.”
“So you can order cultures from the culture company and make a gruyere in Washington or Alabama or Switzerland.”
“In one sense the argument about whether writers can effectively about other cultures is obviously flawed.”
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