as in regional
relating to a city, town, or country or to the people who live there
Serving on a jury is our civic duty. A meeting of civic leaders that intends to promote economic cooperation in the region.
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Recent Examples of civic
In her 2017 book, Why Americans Are Proud To Pay Taxes, my Tax Policy Center colleague Vanessa Williamson showed that most Americans believed paying taxes is a civic duty and a moral obligation.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The civic duty: Immigrants would arrive at Ellis Island aboard The Citizen Ship.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
That will involve collaborating with local high schools, colleges, youth organizations and civic leaders.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
The lone dissenter was Steve Hudson, a Fort Lauderdale civic and business leader, who according to the News Service of Florida, expressed concerns about non-residents obtaining hunt permits and for allowing people to hunt bears at feeding stations.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
The civic duty: Immigrants would arrive at Ellis Island aboard The Citizen Ship.
—Pat Beall, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
That will involve collaborating with local high schools, colleges, youth organizations and civic leaders.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
The lone dissenter was Steve Hudson, a Fort Lauderdale civic and business leader, who according to the News Service of Florida, expressed concerns about non-residents obtaining hunt permits and for allowing people to hunt bears at feeding stations.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civic
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Similar to Luckin, the drink offerings rotate through supposedly regional flavors, like matcha latte with tofu pudding.—
Elaine Yu,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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However, a senior ICE official sent an email Thursday to regional leaders of the ICE department, telling them to largely pause raids and arrests in restaurants, hotels and the agricultural industry, the New York Times reported Friday.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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In the midst of a national recession, with inflation and unemployment cresting above 10 percent, the bill for a decade of wishful economics and willful mismanagement on the part of New York’s political establishment was inexorably coming due.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Across the Arab world, responses were shaped by national political alignments.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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The tax proposal, which would be instituted through an ordinance amending the city’s municipal code, is up for a first reading Tuesday.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Lazier’s attorney, Whitney Hodges, argued during the June 13 hearing that the Planning Department’s rejection of Seaside Ridge did not amount to a formal decision that could be appealed to the council, based on the city’s municipal code.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
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The federal Justice Department has announced investigations into the state and the California Interscholastic Federation over its inclusive policies for transgender athletes.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Such an effect could sink Adams further, given his association with Trump, which has only grown greater since the federal government has involved itself in his case.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
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Two local guys had the idea of turning the derelict elevated railroad tracks into a garden walkway—the High Line.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Community participation will be crucial to the effort as the conservancy works to document buildings and sites, as well as more ephemeral heritage such as local traditions, oral histories and cultural practices.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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The text messages were largely between Baldoni, his publicist Jennifer Abel and crisis management expert Melissa Nathan, and were obtained through a civil subpoena, Lively's complaint said.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Age verification for pornographic websites Texas enacted a law in 2023 that requires pornography websites to confirm that visitors are at least 18 years old or face civil penalties of up to $10,000 per day.—
Melissa Quinn
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civic. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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