as in cultures
the way people live at a particular time and place
a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago
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Recent Examples of civilizations
The other emerged from Jewish disciples of Jesus, eventually becoming Christianity, carrying the ethical inheritance of the Hebrew Scriptures across civilizations.
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Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the podium, Li read out a letter from Xi, which described ancient Greece and China as two civilizations that have shaped humanity’s development from opposite sides of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
The recent developments evoke the clash of civilizations theory developed by Samuel Huntington in the 1990s.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
In this new 60th Anniversary tribute to the trademark visual, a parade of notable Federation hero starships is seen blazing new interstellar trails toward new worlds and new civilizations.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
However, how many of them actually come to be inhabited remains a great unknown, with deeper questions — like how many of them turn into technologically advanced civilizations — requiring us to estimate further unknowns atop them.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Flying with the spacecraft was a message for alien civilizations which might exist beyond our solar system.
—Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Loeb leads the Galileo Project, which searches for artifacts from extraterrestrial civilizations near Earth.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
That is how civilizations heal.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the podium, Li read out a letter from Xi, which described ancient Greece and China as two civilizations that have shaped humanity’s development from opposite sides of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
The recent developments evoke the clash of civilizations theory developed by Samuel Huntington in the 1990s.
—Debidatta A. Mahapatra, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
In this new 60th Anniversary tribute to the trademark visual, a parade of notable Federation hero starships is seen blazing new interstellar trails toward new worlds and new civilizations.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
However, how many of them actually come to be inhabited remains a great unknown, with deeper questions — like how many of them turn into technologically advanced civilizations — requiring us to estimate further unknowns atop them.
—Big Think, 4 Mar. 2026
Flying with the spacecraft was a message for alien civilizations which might exist beyond our solar system.
—Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Loeb leads the Galileo Project, which searches for artifacts from extraterrestrial civilizations near Earth.
—Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
That is how civilizations heal.
—Sayantani Dasgupta
february 24, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilizations
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Many ancient cultures believed reflections held pieces of a person’s soul.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Mar. 2026
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Anthony and Frankie said lowriders are a symbol of a lot of cultures in Southern California who love honoring the creativity and pride behind each of their cars.—
Monica Garske,
NBC news,
13 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, pickleball players say the sport is an intergenerational activity that promotes healthy lifestyles, builds community and encourages people to get outside and into the parks.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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This garment is worn across different generations of people and by people with completely different lifestyles.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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Gary’s story is quite a change of pace from the usual villainous role of snakes in Hollywood (see The Jungle Book, the Harry Potter franchise, Snakes on a Plane, Anaconda) and the perception of them in human societies more broadly (see the Book of Genesis).—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
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Some militaries are too confident in their own capacity to overwhelm any hostile army; some are drawn from societies that simply look down on their enemies.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Civilizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilizations. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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