civilization

Example Sentences

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A real strike on civilization as we know it occurred in Silicon Valley, where a new AI super-brain was locked up because it’s too powerful — and unpredictable.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

For Christian conservatives such as Vance, Hungary offers a vision of the world in which the United States would be one of a host of North American and European countries promoting a global Christian civilization.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” he wrote.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

That leads to the breakdown of civilization, a state where only the law of the jungle remains.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

We’re only down in the aqueduct for half an hour before we emerge and follow a foothill road far enough from civilization to be beyond most roadblocks.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman