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
Students who rely on AI to write essays and solve problems are not learning to think, and that is a long-term risk to California’s workforce and civic life.
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The event will be streamed online for free, with national partner organizations and local civic groups hosting watch parties all around the country.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
National partner organizations and local civic groups will also host watch parties across the country.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
It was designed as a civic composition, one in which restraint was part of the message.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
The event will be streamed online for free, with national partner organizations and local civic groups hosting watch parties all around the country.
—Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
National partner organizations and local civic groups will also host watch parties across the country.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2026
It was designed as a civic composition, one in which restraint was part of the message.
—Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civic
Adjective
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The Laguna Playhouse has been a regional theater cornerstone of the Southern California performing arts community for more than a century.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Researchers are trying to dispel inaccurate information, but regional newspapers seem bent on perpetuating fear.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The Killingworth Fair Rent Commission denied a request from Sun Communities, a national firm, to increase monthly land rents at a mobile home park by $27 a month.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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Finnbarr Webster / Getty Images Reform UK, Britain’s hard right political party, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races today in England, as well as in elections in Wales and Scotland.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Consideration should be given to creating stronger affordable housing requirements in the municipal code.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Republicans have opened up an advantage in a national redistricting battle among states after a pair of court rulings that weakened federal Voting Rights Act protections for minorities and invalidated a key Democratic redistricting effort.—
David A. Lieb,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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The directive repealed federal guidance that schools work to avoid racial disparities in school punishments.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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In preparation for the Alaskan wilderness, the Hoffmans and their crew shop for bear guns, bid their wives farewell, and are prayed over by a local pastor (who decides, at the last minute, to join them).—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Voters across North Texas cast ballots Saturday in municipal elections that will shape billions of dollars in local spending, regional transportation, and city leadership.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The final settlement came after the venue for a second civil trial had been moved out of Kerr County, according to the San Antonio News-Express.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civic. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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