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My work with spies and years of research reporting on the intelligence world has shown that spycraft relies on the careful cultivation of relationships more than high-speed car chases or dramatic gunfights.
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Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
The South Carolina and the Department of Public Health and Board of Pharmacy would be tasked with developing rules for the cultivation and distribution of medical cannabis and for licensing and regulating medical cannabis businesses.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Uncovering a Forgotten History The discovery was initiated by a 1930s agricultural report referencing untended land filled with graves and trees—an area unsuitable for cultivation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
In the previous decade, Hollywood celebrities piggybacked on social media to increase their fame using personal accounts; now creators are digital-native celebrities whose cultivation of intimacy and parasocial friendship has been baked in from the beginning.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
The South Carolina and the Department of Public Health and Board of Pharmacy would be tasked with developing rules for the cultivation and distribution of medical cannabis and for licensing and regulating medical cannabis businesses.
—A.j. Herrington, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Uncovering a Forgotten History The discovery was initiated by a 1930s agricultural report referencing untended land filled with graves and trees—an area unsuitable for cultivation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
In the previous decade, Hollywood celebrities piggybacked on social media to increase their fame using personal accounts; now creators are digital-native celebrities whose cultivation of intimacy and parasocial friendship has been baked in from the beginning.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Cultivation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cultivation. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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cultivation
noun
cul·ti·va·tion
ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən 
1
: the act or art of cultivating especially the soil
Medical Definition
cultivation
noun
cul·ti·va·tion
ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən
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