: 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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Jenkins recalled how Bledsoe outed a civic group that shut kids’ lemonade stands near a golf tournament the group sponsored.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 1 Jan. 2026
These small shifts in perspective lay the groundwork for a lifetime of generosity and civic awareness, says Mucino-Sanchez.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 31 Dec. 2025
Opponents also pursued such civic paths to halt the facility as packing City Council meetings and leading a large-scale referendum effort that got tied up in the courts.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 1 Jan. 2026
These small shifts in perspective lay the groundwork for a lifetime of generosity and civic awareness, says Mucino-Sanchez.
—Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 31 Dec. 2025
Opponents also pursued such civic paths to halt the facility as packing City Council meetings and leading a large-scale referendum effort that got tied up in the courts.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 5 Jan. 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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