as in civilized
having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living
the most highly cultured period of the country's long history
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as in cultivated
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
culture bacteria in laboratory dishes
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Recent Examples of cultured
Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The timeless gem gets a modern twist with the freshwater cultured pearls stationed along a 10k yellow gold rope chain.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Not only was there overfishing but high-quality cultured pearls arrived, such as those from Mikimoto, first imported by Parisian jeweler Worms, followed by the 1929 financial crisis.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Travel + Leisure Readers’ 10 Favorite Resorts in Italy of 2024
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Get cultured at the Palazzo della Pilotta museum complex.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
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Obviously, this is a game from 2002, and it’s filled with a good deal of what a cultured man might call ‘jank’.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The timeless gem gets a modern twist with the freshwater cultured pearls stationed along a 10k yellow gold rope chain.
—Brittany Talarico, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Not only was there overfishing but high-quality cultured pearls arrived, such as those from Mikimoto, first imported by Parisian jeweler Worms, followed by the 1929 financial crisis.
—Lily Templeton, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
Travel + Leisure Readers’ 10 Favorite Resorts in Italy of 2024
Best Things to Do
Get cultured at the Palazzo della Pilotta museum complex.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2024
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Douyin Warnings From Within China China’s drive to assimilate the Tibetans echoes history elsewhere in the world where Indigenous people were seen by their foreign occupiers as savages who needed to be civilized with boarding schools, causing trauma and abuses.—
Chris Buckley,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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What does ring true until the final frame of the show and into our present-day lives is that civilization and the civilized rarely occupy the same space.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2025
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For wine lovers seeking a casual, modern experience, Portland has cultivated a vibrant urban wine scene that offers an exciting alternative to California’s more traditional tasting rooms.—
Rachel King,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Trust Of The Heart Affective trust is the trust of the heart, cultivated when leaders authentically connect on an emotional level and demonstrate genuine empathy.—
Ricky Muddimer,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Even eaten out of a plastic to-go container, there was a polished balance in a simple tofu stew, a nice mix of sweet, spicy and aromatic.—
Lauryn Azu,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Authentic developers always provide professional, polished descriptions.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The number of job listings for musical therapists in Australia, for example, grew nearly fourfold in the five years between 2018 and 2022.—
Aliza Knox,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Nationally and around the Big Ten, social media grew agitated at Raiola for his attempts to emulate Patrick Mahomes.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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An accomplished aviator and a veteran having served in Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, he’s been all over the world.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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An accomplished journalist and producer based in LA, Simon’s credits include Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, The Credits, Indiewire, Reuters, BBC, A.Frame, ...—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Cultured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cultured. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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