civilization
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There’s an alternate universe where Taylor Tomlinson is a young adult fantasy author holed up in a cabin miles from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Could it have erupted during the time of the technological civilization?
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
I met the owner, Ada Tourtsakis, at her yurt on the outer edge of Sedona’s civilization.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
If tech bros are saying that AI might someday break containment and take down civilization, that sounds like an accountability sink coupled with an investor pitch.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
The more I flipped on, the more I knew: Morgenstern wasn’t writing any children’s book; he was writing a kind of satiric history of his country and the decline of the monarchy in Western civilization.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
New research now suggests that higher radio frequencies could offer another valuable place to search for technological signals from distant civilizations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The questions that define civilizations don’t always announce themselves cleanly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mollie’s family was straddling not only two centuries but two civilizations.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing civilization
We the People: Civ
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Mesopotamia - Introductory
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Aztec, Maya, and Inca Empires - Introductory
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