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noun

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Recent Examples of civilian
Adjective
The role is one of the last Trump is looking to fill after a blockade was launched on his remaining civilian nominees by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) just before the upper chamber’s August recess. Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2025 This rationale enabled Marines to pursue Sandinistas with impunity, leading to allegations of civilian targeting, village razing, and indiscriminate airplane bombing. Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
But if killing 23 civilians at an aid distribution site is not terrorism, how can we possibly be expected to accept that spray-painting a plane is? Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025 There were two other incidents in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara County where military service members detained civilians. Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for civilian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilian
Adjective
  • The documentation to defend against civil claims for damages following IT failures is of similar relevance.
    Dennis-Kenji Kipker, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Republicans have threatened missing Democrats with civil arrest.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Recovering POWs and captive noncombatants is also a top priority in Kyiv, leading to quiet discussions with Moscow.
    Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024
  • His cases there included the successful prosecution — in a 25-month trial — of a Croatian general who ordered the slaughter of Muslim noncombatants.
    Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2025

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“Civilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilian. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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