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Recent Examples of civilly
As a public institution, UVU upholds First Amendment rights and fosters an environment where ideas – popular or controversial – can be exchanged freely, energetically, and civilly.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Those warnings would explain that consumers can attempt to hold companies civilly or criminally liable for any loss or damages, the bill said, while warning that the product could be discontinued at any time.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
If that happened, Moore could be civilly liable to these clients for their penalties as well.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Guiffre sued him civilly and was granted an unspecified settlement in 2022.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Those warnings would explain that consumers can attempt to hold companies civilly or criminally liable for any loss or damages, the bill said, while warning that the product could be discontinued at any time.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
If that happened, Moore could be civilly liable to these clients for their penalties as well.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Guiffre sued him civilly and was granted an unspecified settlement in 2022.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilly
Adverb
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Celebrini and Smith mostly smiled, answered the questions, and politely complied with the request in a video that had close to 400,000 views as of early Wednesday.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Kane didn’t make that shirt and politely declined to comment on it.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Tourist attractions remain open, but visitors are asked to dress modestly and behave respectfully during the mourning period.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many San Diegans would respectfully disagree.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Civilly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilly. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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