How to Use civic-minded in a Sentence

civic-minded

adjective
  • Even then, Griffin was civic-minded.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, Copenhagen has proven to be both a global and a civic-minded city.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • Its members are reasonably civic-minded.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Fewer teams are being steered by local, civic-minded businesspeople.
    — Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Henderson is the grandson of one of Nashville's most prominent and civic-minded couples.
    — Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Incumbents hesitated, but young and diverse civic-minded men and women jumped at a chance to compete on a level playing field for state offices.
    — Elona Vaisnys, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
  • People are civic-minded, though local debates often revolve around nightlife, public safety, rising costs and development.
    — Ilia Murtazashvili, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Schulman is the civic-minded president of The Eli’s Cheesecake Company.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In 1943, civic-minded citizens claimed a plot in San Francisco and invited farmers to sell their produce there.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • Greenbrae resident Cathy Taylor comes from a long line of accomplished, civic-minded family members who have publicly shared their love of art, design and gardens over the decades.
    — Pj Bremier, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The report reveals a civic-minded company, grappling with internal tension between holding true to its purpose and facing harsh economic realities, including trade wars and assaults on nature.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
  • His family arrived in San Francisco in the nineteenth century, from Ireland, and joined other ambitious, civic-minded Catholics.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Environmental advocates criticized the industry’s sudden interest in public health as more opportunistic than civic-minded.
    — Personal Finance Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Minneapolis has long been a civic-minded metropolis, where even the choice of vegetation on highway medians can become the subject of extended public debate, in a state with a history of protest going back to the nineteenth century.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • There are numerous civic-minded and patriotic transgender individuals who might like to join an organization such as the DAR, Wilkerson said.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 July 2026
  • Like other moments in the eight installments, it is left to the viewer to decide how effectively the docu-series walks the line between civic-minded investigative journalism designed to hold power to account and the sensationalization of tragedy for entertainment value.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Democracy Forward has asked people to take one civic-minded action per day leading up to the election, while Indivisible, a progressive grassroots organization, is training volunteers nationwide to mount public push-back to any interference.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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