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as in lifestyle
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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as in culture
a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts
by the 18th century Boston had reached a level of civilization sufficiently advanced to support a circle of portrait painters
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Recent Examples of civilization
But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.
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Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
The harshness or relentlessness of weather can turn friends to lovers, can cause others to lose their minds, can provoke travel across continents, can cancel plans, can reroute rivers, can flood civilizations, can incite both panic and delight, can wash away a life’s work, can set fire to forests.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Would a just and merciful God approve of daily bombing raids and threats to destroy civilian infrastructure, let alone a threat to destroy an entire civilization?
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
History doesn't guarantee the victory of free civilization.
—CBS News, 10 May 2026
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Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
The harshness or relentlessness of weather can turn friends to lovers, can cause others to lose their minds, can provoke travel across continents, can cancel plans, can reroute rivers, can flood civilizations, can incite both panic and delight, can wash away a life’s work, can set fire to forests.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
Would a just and merciful God approve of daily bombing raids and threats to destroy civilian infrastructure, let alone a threat to destroy an entire civilization?
—Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
History doesn't guarantee the victory of free civilization.
—CBS News, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilization
Noun
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She is known for her lifestyle content, as well as her Gals on the Go podcast, which focuses on her and Carolan's lives as 20-somethings living in New York, career advice and more.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Based at 1411 Broadway in Manhattan, NYC Alliance has broad ambitions to continue pursuing M&A opportunities across the contemporary and lifestyle apparel space.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
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But Carey doesn’t know if the culture of higher education can accommodate that type of emergency thinking.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Out and about With leafy Green Park on one side and Piccadilly on the other, this grande dame is within striking distance of many of London’s top sights, culture and shops.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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But recent research found that members of the Tsimane’, a native Amazonian society in Bolivia, rate consonant and dissonant chords as equally pleasurable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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What this means for sports, media and society is now the focus of fierce debate.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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Musk promoted the accomplishment on Twitter.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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For many students, graduation is a chance to celebrate an accomplishment and begin a new chapter.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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Brother Lawrence Washington’s military service doubtless turned George’s British empires eyes in that direction, yet the temporary nature of Lawrence’s service gave George little more than a taste of what a life at arms entailed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Furniture, pets, and the residents themselves infuse the images with both ambiguity and meaning, creating a rich mosaic of city life across ages, backgrounds, and boroughs.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
Noun
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When Bloomberg, a strong proponent of education reform, was seeking to increase the number of charter schools in the city, Jeffries co-sponsored a bill that more than doubled the state’s charter-school cap.—
Jason Zengerle,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The bildungsroman was a staple of my school and college literary education.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Blue Bay Resort A visit to Belmont Estate provides insights into traditional cacao farming and chocolate production, from bean to bar, while Tri-Island Chocolate connects visitors with local farmers to learn about cocoa, honey and spice cultivation with its Rastafarian Roots-to-Bar experience.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Bean cultivation dates back thousands of years, and the plants have been a critical part of the human diet throughout history.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
18 May 2026
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The Disappearing Path To Expertise Expertise is developed through repetition, failure and refinement, in the industry career path.—
Victor Fang,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Removing the thorns may help our favorite novels appeal to a wider audience, but such refinements make art feel as lifeless as Catherine Linton’s corpse at the end of Emerald Fennell’s film.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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“Civilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilization. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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