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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
Hiroshige’s dramatic composition contrasting nature and civilization creates a sense of movement and immediacy, and sends a shiver down the viewer’s spine—a feeling that García Sánchez also tried to capture.
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Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
When the business gets to the point that that’s all that’s being made and there’s no room anymore for original ideas, that’s like the death of a civilization.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
His concept of creating a satellite swarm is also based on the Kardashev Scale, which focuses on measuring the technological advancements of civilizations.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Over two decades in the making, the $1 billion museum -- set close to the famed Pyramids of Giza, just outside the capital Cairo -- is touted by officials as the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.
—Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
When the business gets to the point that that’s all that’s being made and there’s no room anymore for original ideas, that’s like the death of a civilization.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
His concept of creating a satellite swarm is also based on the Kardashev Scale, which focuses on measuring the technological advancements of civilizations.
—PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Over two decades in the making, the $1 billion museum -- set close to the famed Pyramids of Giza, just outside the capital Cairo -- is touted by officials as the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization.
—Ayat Al-Tawy, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilization
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Here are 10 of the best places to live in the Lone Star State for every budget and lifestyle.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Lifestyle and Dietary Tips Diet and lifestyle changes can have beneficial effects on bloating and gut health too.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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In every type of industry, companies must use this disdain for the status quo to cultivate cultures of curiosity, innovation, and adaptability.—
Phil Gilbert,
Fortune,
12 Nov. 2025
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Those moments set the tone for a family culture built on competition, loyalty, and showing up.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Safer and more efficient batteries For society, such advances mean safer and more efficient batteries that accelerate the transition to clean energy.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some of her incredible accomplishments also happen outside of the studio.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Nov. 2025
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Planting a simple pot of herbs or flowers stimulates positive feelings, self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The food hub's work now focuses more on education.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Featuring an outdoor living shroom museum, the colorful education-research-cultivation center offers tours and classes galore for the fungi curious — from how to grow mushrooms at home to how to identify them out in nature.—
Nevin Martell,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Verghese estimated the world requires 593 million hectares of land—which is equivalent to twice the size of India—every year for crop cultivation at current productivity growth rates to meet that challenge.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Breeden said that unfiltered feedback—how jeans feel, move and make someone feel while wearing them—directly shaped the brand’s design refinements.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Nov. 2025
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Even before adolescence, the youth themselves are performing refinement—an early initiation into the aesthetics of conspicuous consumption.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Civilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilization. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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