civilized
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Its credo was “a rejection of powerlessness and the creation of conditions for civilized behavior. We are not overmatched by the problems we face.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The U.S. was “the guardian of civilized conduct between nations,” she said to huge applause.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
“She was such a civilized, cultural person,” Stasevska says of her grandmother, adding that she taught her grandkids everything she knew about her home country.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Instead, he embraced the manly duty of the “great civilized nations of the present day” to ensure that the countries of the Western Hemisphere remain “stable, orderly, and prosperous.”
From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025
“It’s not safe, Richard. I’m not staying here longer than another week. These people never fight civilized wars, do they? So much for calling it a civil war.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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