civilized
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In their place: the more civilized weekend lunch, where reservations are easier and you might actually have some afternoon left when it is over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as a civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn’t have the empathy and ethics necessary to behave in a civilized, or even safe, fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
By civilized, he means that you embarrass yourself in a small, private room in front of only your friends instead.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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