: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or community affairs
civic duty
civic pride
civic leaders
Examples of civic in a Sentence
Recent improvements to the downtown area are a point of civic pride.
the library association and other civic groups
Voting is your civic duty.
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In Los Angeles, civic leaders are planning a memorial to commemorate a Chinese massacre from 1871, in which eighteen Chinese men were killed, fifteen of them hanged.
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Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Similarly, corporations can create an employee resource group that is focused on ethics and civic engagement.
—Irma Becerra, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
All that began to change through his friendship with civic leader Dutton Brookfield, then the chairman of the Jackson County Sports Complex.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
But, while the new website includes a city news section, past civic news alerts from before the website redesign did not appear to be available.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
Similarly, corporations can create an employee resource group that is focused on ethics and civic engagement.
—Irma Becerra, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
All that began to change through his friendship with civic leader Dutton Brookfield, then the chairman of the Jackson County Sports Complex.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
But, while the new website includes a city news section, past civic news alerts from before the website redesign did not appear to be available.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsiv-ik 
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, or citizenship
civic pride
civic duty
Legal Definition
civic
adjective
civ·ic
ˈsi-vik
: of or relating to a citizen, a city, citizenship, or civil affairs
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