: 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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The lone dissenter was Steve Hudson, a Fort Lauderdale civic and business leader, who according to the News Service of Florida, expressed concerns about non-residents obtaining hunt permits and for allowing people to hunt bears at feeding stations.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The cuts, which are expected to generate between $5 million and $10 million in savings, include less worker overtime, less money for outside lawyers, less travel and canceling memberships in civic groups like chambers of commerce.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
Listen to this article A new, $34 million incentive package from a coalition of Boulder’s biggest civic and cultural boosters will help sustain the Sundance Film Festival over the next 10 years, according to Visit Boulder, which led the effort to collect the additional funds.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Kansas City civic and business leaders worked for years to put a stop to the practice, warning that the competition yielded little economic benefit.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2025
The cuts, which are expected to generate between $5 million and $10 million in savings, include less worker overtime, less money for outside lawyers, less travel and canceling memberships in civic groups like chambers of commerce.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
Listen to this article A new, $34 million incentive package from a coalition of Boulder’s biggest civic and cultural boosters will help sustain the Sundance Film Festival over the next 10 years, according to Visit Boulder, which led the effort to collect the additional funds.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Kansas City civic and business leaders worked for years to put a stop to the practice, warning that the competition yielded little economic benefit.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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