civilization
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The researchers emphasize that the study does not predict a sudden collapse of civilization.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Back in grad school, I imagined that maybe I’d write a bestselling novel, and maybe it would be adapted for the screen, and maybe my tombstone would read: She contributed very serious literature to civilization.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
The city, an oasis of civilization in the Arizona desert, is set to be the base camp for "Team Melli" when the world's biggest sporting spectacle opens in the US, Mexico and Canada next month.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
We are told more than a dozen times, in nearly identical language, that the transitions from foraging to farming, and from farming to civilization, were “not inevitable.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
We would probably have gone on and discussed the war and agreed that it was in reality a calamity for civilization, and perhaps would have been better avoided.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing civilization
We the People: Civ
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