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Recent Examples of civilian
Riane Lumer, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
After the security guard reported the interaction with Williams, Burnette, three other officers and a civilian participating in a ride-along arrived at the gas station just after midnight.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Almost 200 civilian employees work other jobs at the agency, and 55 trainees are preparing to transfer to full-time positions.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Türk reiterated that international humanitarian law protects civilians and civilian infrastructure.
—Riane Lumer, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026
After the security guard reported the interaction with Williams, Burnette, three other officers and a civilian participating in a ride-along arrived at the gas station just after midnight.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
But those demolitions — along with widespread Israeli airstrikes throughout the past two months — have also significantly destroyed civilian infrastructure.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
Almost 200 civilian employees work other jobs at the agency, and 55 trainees are preparing to transfer to full-time positions.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilian
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The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence that elite Australian SAS and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Both sides have launched multiple strikes against each other from Lebanon, and noncombatants have been killed as a result.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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At the building’s peak, five-foot-tall concrete letters spell out a hundred and three words of a speech delivered by Obama in Selma, Alabama, in 2015, on the fiftieth anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when John Lewis and other civil-rights activists were beaten at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The final settlement came after the venue for a second civil trial had been moved out of Kerr County, according to the San Antonio News-Express.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 May 2026
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“Civilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilian. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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