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societal

[suh-sahy-i-tl] / səˈsaɪ ɪ tl /


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For Dr Cherti, football cannot remain immune to societal shifts: "The national team is no longer only a reflection of population inside the border. It's increasingly a reflection of migration, history and global mobility."

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Nostalgia for Broadway’s golden age is proving to be a potent societal anesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

Seven in 10 high-school students and new graduates believed AI’s societal impact in the next decade would be more negative than positive, according to a National Society of High School Scholars survey.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

“And because age beliefs are modifiable, this opens the door to interventions at both the individual and societal level.”

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

If societal preferences are determined by majority vote, “society” prefers Dukakis over Gore, Gore over Jackson, and Jackson over Dukakis.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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