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tills

verb

present tense third-person singular of till

as in cultivates

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset

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Recent Examples of tills But as a foundation, the first season tills fertile ground with rich initial results. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025 How the search works The diamond search area at the park consists of plowed dirt that the park staff tills regularly to bring new material to the surface. — Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025

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Contributing to victories — and a historic no-hitter in Arlington — cultivates confidence.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 July 2026
What matters is transmitting some portion of your financial legacy in a manner that fosters and cultivates your most important values and hopes for the future.

— Martin Shenkman, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of cultivates

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Today the winery farms more than 380 acres across Napa Valley, with vineyards in Rutherford, Carneros and Capell Valley, giving it access to dramatically different growing conditions depending on the variety.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The brainchild of Marie Emerson, who farms with her husband, Dell, at Wescogus Wild Blueberry, the center educates visitors about the fruit’s history.

— Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026

Definition of farms

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Chet Anderson harvests flowers by hand for Fresh Herb Company.

— Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 25 June 2026
To secure modern cryptographic systems against the vulnerabilities of predictable data, Fraunhofer IPMS developed Q-Dic that harvests true randomness from unpredictable quantum vacuum fluctuations.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026

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