: 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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Philanthropy, policymakers, and business and civic leaders should work together to remove barriers to entry and scale, especially those linked to workplace constraints.
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
No Please list your highlights of civic involvement 2019 Charlotte Day-lead and held the initiatives with other nonprofits to feed and give away bookbags to 10,000 ppl not funded by the city and state.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Each year, the federal budget funds programs that support civic education and engagement, the rule of law, and functioning political institutions.
—Susan Greene Pallot, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
Videos shared by a detainee with a local civic group appeared to show over a dozen people inside the room, with several detainees lying on the cement floor on thermal blankets.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
No Please list your highlights of civic involvement 2019 Charlotte Day-lead and held the initiatives with other nonprofits to feed and give away bookbags to 10,000 ppl not funded by the city and state.
—Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
Each year, the federal budget funds programs that support civic education and engagement, the rule of law, and functioning political institutions.
—Susan Greene Pallot, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025
Videos shared by a detainee with a local civic group appeared to show over a dozen people inside the room, with several detainees lying on the cement floor on thermal blankets.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for civic
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 22 Aug. 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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