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Recent Examples of civilian
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The civilian was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries, and the trooper was not transported.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Publicly, the team highlighted civilian uses such as infrastructure monitoring and rescue support.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
The civilian was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries, and the trooper was not transported.
—Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
It is also being reviewed by the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board, the county’s civilian oversight body.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The two armies remain locked in battle on the roughly 750-mile front line, while Russia bombards civilian areas of Ukraine daily.
—Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilian
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The government accused the Druze of resisting its rule and, in combination with tens of thousands of Bedouin tribal fighters, attacked Druze villages, killing hundreds of people, including many noncombatants.—
Steven N. Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Israel's Foreign Ministry said Palestinian Authority civil planning maps show that the authority has been advancing land registration procedures in Area C for years in violation of agreements that give Israel civil and military control over the area.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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At least nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian civil defence and health officials said, in what Israel's military called a response to Hamas ceasefire violations.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Civilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilian. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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