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
We already know that a super-eruption on this scale would be a threat civilization as we know it.
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
Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil at the office and around the dinner table—and prompted AI leaders to call for more regulation of the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
I spent our year in Kilanga thinking of civilization as lying downstream from us, since that was the way the boats went to Banningville.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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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
From this universal human experience, civilizations arise and cultures are born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Human civilizations across the ages have understood this to be an important lesson, which is how gold became the go-to cautionary symbol for greed, vanity, and the hollow existence to which they lead.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Either one of these things is dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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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