civilization
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Now lifestyles have become comparable to those in temperate zones, and civilization in the tropical zones need no longer lag behind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Everyone can then work at his optimum temperature and civilization can spread across all climates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nolan floats a convincing psychological reason why this Odysseus subconsciously believes his duplicitous actions during the war deserve permanent exile from civilization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
If a technological civilization exists there, it is not broadcasting with anything substantially more powerful than that.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Tibe evidently was going to press Karhide’s claim to that region: precisely the kind of action which, on any other world at this stage of civilization, would lead to war.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Contemporary nations like Iran, Armenia, and Egypt can lay claim to being built on very old civilizations, but you could point out discontinuities and lapses in sovereignty in their histories that complicate the argument.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
From this universal human experience, civilizations arise and cultures are born.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
"Great civilizations outlast even the most vicious occupiers."
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
Imagine a huge galactic computer, a repository, more or less up-to-date, of information on the nature and activities of all the civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, a great library of life in the Cosmos.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing civilization
We the People: Civ
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