as in regional
relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there
Serving on a jury is our civic duty. A meeting of civic leaders that intends to promote economic cooperation in the region.
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Recent Examples of civic
The school is already Portland’s largest presenter of free public art programming, and its partnerships with civic organizations, businesses, and global institutions are expanding.
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Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The three programs together would have created $197 million in funding for these civic improvements.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Accountability extends beyond elections every four years; civic engagement should continue at the local level through town halls, state and local elections, and direct communication with policymakers.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The three programs together would have created $197 million in funding for these civic improvements.
—Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
Accountability extends beyond elections every four years; civic engagement should continue at the local level through town halls, state and local elections, and direct communication with policymakers.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civic
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Max Murray was 4 for 5 with a home run, 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs for the Huskies in the regional quarterfinal series win.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2025
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Southlake Carroll reached the regional semifinals, where it was eliminated by Denton Guyer, an eventual state runner-up.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Apr. 2025
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Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show for a national television audience, trading goals in the middle period on a night that saw Pittsburgh Penguins fans give Ovechkin a standing ovation.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The numbers are crunched by Zillow, the national real estate firm.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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That included municipal officials, traditional chiefs and employees of Cameroon's Development Cooperation, which maintained the central African country's banana, palm oil and rubber exports.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Miami Herald 305-376-3619 Miami Herald consumer trends reporter Howard Cohen, a 2017 Media Excellence Awards winner, has covered pop music, theater, health and fitness, obituaries, municipal government, breaking news and general assignment.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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Three Manhattan federal prosecutors resigned on Tuesday after saying the Trump administration had asked them to admit wrongdoing in New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case as a condition of their return.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Apr. 2025
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One is the two-sided bronze Japanese American Internment Memorial, at the federal building in downtown San Jose.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Last year alone, the Civic Theatre hosted more than 300,000 ticket-buyers for more than 140 performances, contributing $23 million to the local economy and $1.5 million in local and state tax revenues.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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Under those rules, local school authorities must determine by June whether nonpublic schools are meeting the standard.—
David Bloomfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The civil suits are the only remaining legal effort to hold the president accountable for the riot, after two criminal cases against Trump tied to Jan. 6 crumbled last year.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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The disastrous event led to its organizer pleading guilty to wire fraud and settling a class-action civil suit.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civic. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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