civilization

Example Sentences

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“City” is meant to outlast civilization, like the sandworms of “Dune.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The Inca civilization, based high in the Andes, built the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas before European arrival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

It is the return of a recurring but never-banished nightmare about one civilization attacking another, driven by blind hatred.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

"These 74 sacred objects are not merely works of art; they are living witnesses to the genius of the Khmer ancestors and the spiritual heart of Khmer civilization," it added.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

He was marooned on an island, nowhere near civilization, as far as he could tell; and if he was going to get off, it must be by his own devices.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig