civilized world
noun
: everywhere people live in well-organized and developed societies
a person known throughout the civilized world
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Like most of the civilized world, the White House seems to have forgotten that this war was started by the brutal and criminal terror attack by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, and could be ended today by Hamas laying down arms and releasing the hostages.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2024
If anyone had bothered to ask who might do the fighting on behalf of the civilized world and the United Nations, the essential incoherence of the administration’s policy would have been swiftly revealed.
—Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
The rig stays connected to the civilized world via a combination of LTE and satellite internet hardware.
—New Atlas, 18 July 2024
The civilized world must unite against such barbaric crimes.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024
After Libyans, and much of the civilized world, rejoice in the seemingly inevitable fall of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the country will face the difficult task of repairing a society long traumatized by the Middle East's most Orwellian regime.
—Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2011
And the countries that belong to this civilized world are already participating in this war.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 May 2024
To the British, the U.S. declaration of war was a stab in the back at a time when the United Kingdom was waging war against French tyranny and barbarism on behalf of the entire civilized world.
—Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2012
His writing took readers to the last remote spots of an increasingly civilized world, and into the misery and poverty of that supposedly civilized world.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2024
If anyone had bothered to ask who might do the fighting on behalf of the civilized world and the United Nations, the essential incoherence of the administration’s policy would have been swiftly revealed.
—Mike Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2023
The rig stays connected to the civilized world via a combination of LTE and satellite internet hardware.
—New Atlas, 18 July 2024
The civilized world must unite against such barbaric crimes.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2024
After Libyans, and much of the civilized world, rejoice in the seemingly inevitable fall of Muammar al-Qaddafi, the country will face the difficult task of repairing a society long traumatized by the Middle East's most Orwellian regime.
—Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2011
And the countries that belong to this civilized world are already participating in this war.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 16 May 2024
To the British, the U.S. declaration of war was a stab in the back at a time when the United Kingdom was waging war against French tyranny and barbarism on behalf of the entire civilized world.
—Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2012
His writing took readers to the last remote spots of an increasingly civilized world, and into the misery and poverty of that supposedly civilized world.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
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“Civilized world.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civilized%20world. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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