How to Use cultivator in a Sentence

cultivator

noun
  • The cultivator can be used to loosen, rake, and smooth soil or dislodge pesky weeds and debris.
    Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The hemp used to make our gummies comes from a licensed cultivator in the United States.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
  • A year ago, a cultivator could get about $1,000 a pound wholesale.
    Michael R. Blood, chicagotribune.com, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Meat can be harvested from the cultivator in four to six weeks.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The cultivator turned the soil, while the weeder yanked out deep, troublesome roots.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Even as the work continues, the new road map could help cultivators figure out how to breed new tea plants.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
  • Even as the work continues, the new road map could help cultivators figure out how to breed new tea plants.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
  • In his cultivator, a turbine mixes in all the food the cells need to grow: amino acids, fats, vitamins.
    Allison Aubrey, CBS News, 9 July 2023
  • The law calls for expanding the number of cultivators to 28.
    Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • There are no bad plants or bad men; there are only bad cultivators.
    Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Afghanistan is the world's top cultivator of the poppy, which heroin and opium are produced from.
    USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Nevada charges a 15% wholesale tax to cultivators, which goes to state schools.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2017
  • For the green-thumbed flower cultivator, look to Bloomscape for a gift that keeps on giving (and growing).
    Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Many marijuana cultivators live on their farms, and some homes burned to the ground.
    Katie Zezima, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2017
  • In Alaska, the tax is $50 per ounce, or about a 20% effective tax rate on cultivators.
    Stacy Jones, Fortune, 13 July 2017
  • Fifty years ago, one would be advised to get oxygen to plant roots by using a cultivator.
    Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 2 May 2017
  • When the plants are new and tiny, Yiesla said, it’s enough to decapitate them with a hoe or cultivator that just skims the soil surface.
    Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Inviting guests to stay is a chance for growers, croppers and cultivators to share their world with others.
    Lindsay Cohn, USA TODAY, 15 June 2018
  • What is the difference between a tiller and a cultivator?
    Rachel Dube, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2022
  • We’ve been told to use the cultivators to turn over material.
    Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the victims were marginal cultivators or small farm holders with less than 2 hectares (5 acres) of land.
    Katy Daigle, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2017
  • Most of the victims were marginal cultivators or small farm holders with less than 5 acres of land.
    Katy Daigle, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2017
  • Eventually, Jones hopes to use the blockchain to close the loop between cultivators and consumers.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The Taliban have long profited off the drug trade in Afghanistan, which is the world's top cultivator of the poppy from which opium and heroin are produced.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Rather, the state relies on fixed — and hefty — licensing fees for permits charged to bud dealers and cultivators.
    Chuck Plunkett, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
  • For instance, most of the farmland in Polder 23—an island next to Rnai’s—is now controlled by shrimp cultivators.
    Eduardo Garcia Gil, Slate Magazine, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Those cultivators will be required to pay a $2,000 permit fee.
    Sam Wood, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • The cultivators cannot sell to the general public or across state lines, and most of the current Rhode Island dispensaries grow their own cannabis.
    Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023
  • This Earth sign is a dependable and patient cultivator, embodying the spirit of stability and growth.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
  • Some local governments tax a weed business on the square footage of their operations and others have gross receipts taxes on the cultivator, distributor and retailer.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 3 May 2024

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