civic

adjective

Definition of civicnext
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 seeds of civic renewal in the United States might sprout again when more Americans plant seeds with their neighbors. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026 In total, the government now owes the equivalent of $113,000 per person, according to USAFacts, a nonprofit civic initiative cofounded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer which aggregates and analyzes government data. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 29 July 2026 As dozens of cities across the US are forced to scrap their plans to build power-hungry data centers, some civic leaders are no longer asking. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 29 July 2026 Some version of the good European now seems more urgent than ever as ethnic-racial supremacists, egged on by their American allies, undermine political and civic cultures in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for civic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civic
  1. regional
  2. national
  3. municipal
  4. federal
  5. local
  6. civil
Adjective
  • However, the ruling has tremendous implications for regional politics--and for any future war between the United States and China.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • The area has also grown to be a regional economic engine with the nearby Alliance development generating billions of dollars in impact.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
Definition of regional
Adjective
  • The effect was to invalidate both China’s nine-dash line and its artificial island-building campaign—a massive blow to China’s national pride.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • With moisture moving in from the Atlantic coast, national weather service Meteo France forecast light rain in the town of Lege-Cap Ferret, on a peninsula that's been a leading edge of the devastated region.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of national
Adjective
  • Firefighters and municipal police officers were dispatched to extinguish the fire and carry ‌out ⁠initial rescue efforts.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
  • All of this was spelled out in municipal planning codes before Marriott signed on to join The Row at Reston Station.
    — Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of municipal
Adjective
  • The former Charlotte bus driver, who just unsuccessfully ran for a Mecklenburg County Commission at-large seat, faces charges of assaulting a federal agent while on federal property.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The Guard troops plan to continue training with the new technology alongside federal agency partners including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to gain further expertise in using it to detect drone threats within the United States.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of federal
Adjective
  • As tensions rise with the Sacramento County Office of Education, Sacramento City Unified is pressing ahead with a new fiscal sustainability plan aimed at avoiding insolvency and preserving local control.
    — Chaewon Chung July 30, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
  • July brought a wave of restaurant news to the Fort Worth area, from the reopening of a beloved 80-year-old Denton County landmark to the closure of eight local eateries.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Definition of local
Adjective
  • While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people!
    — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Bombardier has described the Global 8000 as the world’s fastest civil aircraft since Concorde.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of civil

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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civic. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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