: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs
civic duty
civic pride
civic leaders
Examples of civic in a Sentence
Recent improvements to the downtown area are a point of civic pride.
the library association and other civic groups
Voting is your civic duty.
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Each reiteration and exaggeration of Mary’s bad behavior is another civic stroke of the chisel that perfects the monumental Lincoln in our collective imagination.
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Newman thinks California is failing students due to a lack of systemic alignment and wants to focus on achievement in K-3 reading and math, civic education, career technical education and workforce preparedness.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
In a city where hospitality is not a side business but a civic engine, restaurants like Emeril’s do more than serve dinner.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
General stores were also hubs of information and civic life.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Newman thinks California is failing students due to a lack of systemic alignment and wants to focus on achievement in K-3 reading and math, civic education, career technical education and workforce preparedness.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
In a city where hospitality is not a side business but a civic engine, restaurants like Emeril’s do more than serve dinner.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
General stores were also hubs of information and civic life.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsiv-ik 
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship
civic pride
civic duty
Legal Definition
civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsi-vik
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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