civilization
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“How do you conquer a civilization and a people?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Simmering worries that the technology could wipe out civilization and launch cyberattacks reached a boil inside the office and around the dinner table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
They were spurred by a departing Anthropic researcher’s dire warning in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that rogue AI systems could destroy civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Cook never warned Congress the iPhone might end civilization.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shouldn’t I have been jumping for joy, scrambling down the tree, diving into the water, and swimming back to my own kind to be rescued and taken back to… civilization?
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The rise and fall of AI agent civilizations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
For more than a century, the National Museum has preserved a remarkable collection of clay tablets from some of the earliest civilizations in the Middle East.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Since the school had links with many of the great civilizations of Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe, word of sugar and the experience of tasting its special sweetness began to spread.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Vocabulary lists containing civilization
We the People: Civ
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