: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs
civic duty
civic pride
civic leaders
Examples of civic in a Sentence
Recent improvements to the downtown area are a point of civic pride.
the library association and other civic groups
Voting is your civic duty.
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Team president Stan Kasten framed the spending as the civic duty of a historic franchise.
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
A number of friends and civic leaders wrote to the board about Jelly Roll’s generosity and transformation to bolster his case, according to the AP.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Right now, Trumpism is dividing civil society; if done right, the civic uprising can begin to divide the forces of Trumpism.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Her appointment is the latest wrinkle in the ongoing legal dispute over Castillo’s controversial removal from office on Feb. 18, when the results of the city’s residency investigation were revealed to civic leaders in a closed-door meeting.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
A number of friends and civic leaders wrote to the board about Jelly Roll’s generosity and transformation to bolster his case, according to the AP.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2025
Right now, Trumpism is dividing civil society; if done right, the civic uprising can begin to divide the forces of Trumpism.
—David Brooks, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsiv-ik 
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship
civic pride
civic duty
Legal Definition
civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsi-vik
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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