civilization
Example Sentences
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If he can survive the end of civilization, surely he can withstand a stressed-out ER doc?
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
We’re all crowding around to see it: the barely visible blur left by the triplet of eruptions that tipped a civilization into collapse.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Our own civilization has sent several technosignatures into the beyond, in the form of spacecraft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
The project fits into Musk's long-term ambition to build colonies on the Moon and Mars and is "a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization," he wrote.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 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
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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