civil
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Revenue fell 6.4% to $2.78 billion, driven primarily by declines in the company’s civil business.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The civil case could set a precedent for holding school officials accountable for shootings on campus, but it relied on a lower standard of evidence than is needed in a criminal trial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Under the settlement, Volvo will pay $17.5 million in civil penalties to reimburse the state for the cost of the investigation and support its vehicle-testing operations.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
“Did she also drop civil case against you?”
From Salon • May 19, 2026
And in fact the terms of whig and tory belong to natural as well as to civil history.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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