as in cultures
the way people live at a particular time and place
a documentary on the advanced civilization created by the Mayas over a thousand years ago
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Recent Examples of civilizations
This innovation quickly spread to neighboring civilizations, embedding itself in the culinary practices of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
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Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
But the real key here is that, for thousands of years the civilizations have fought over those strategic choke points.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The state features sites from the Old West, the Civil War, and ancient Native American civilizations.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But Burke’s key insight was that stripping civilizations of their beauty and sense of reverence would lead to spiritual impoverishment and, eventually, to terror.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Back in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake put chalk to board and devised a formula to estimate the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
In particular, Al-Nabi said, thieves were drawn toward jewels and gold that belonged to the ancient civilizations of Napata and Meroe.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Mar. 2026
The other emerged from Jewish disciples of Jesus, eventually becoming Christianity, carrying the ethical inheritance of the Hebrew Scriptures across civilizations.
—Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the podium, Li read out a letter from Xi, which described ancient Greece and China as two civilizations that have shaped humanity’s development from opposite sides of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
But the real key here is that, for thousands of years the civilizations have fought over those strategic choke points.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
The state features sites from the Old West, the Civil War, and ancient Native American civilizations.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 23 Mar. 2026
But Burke’s key insight was that stripping civilizations of their beauty and sense of reverence would lead to spiritual impoverishment and, eventually, to terror.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
Back in 1961, astronomer Frank Drake put chalk to board and devised a formula to estimate the number of communicative civilizations in the Milky Way.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
In particular, Al-Nabi said, thieves were drawn toward jewels and gold that belonged to the ancient civilizations of Napata and Meroe.
—News Desk, Artforum, 17 Mar. 2026
The other emerged from Jewish disciples of Jesus, eventually becoming Christianity, carrying the ethical inheritance of the Hebrew Scriptures across civilizations.
—Calev Myers, New York Daily News, 9 Mar. 2026
At the podium, Li read out a letter from Xi, which described ancient Greece and China as two civilizations that have shaped humanity’s development from opposite sides of Eurasia.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for civilizations
Noun
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Across most cultures and cuisines, bread remains a daily staple.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The collective does work based on indigenous cultures using diverse theatrical techniques including puppetry and tech design.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The values are different now, the lifestyles, the accepted vulgarity, the manners, the view of what’s patriotic and what’s not, the concept of service.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Foundation, a charitable group founded by the Curry family focused on childhood literacy, nutrition and active lifestyles.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even the libertarian president of Argentina, Javier Milei, came all the way from South America to laud Orbán, a man who has built one of Europe’s most centralized and repressive societies.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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Books are how societies remember… argue… dissent… and imagine.—
Julie Finch,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Civilizations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilizations. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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