How to Use civics in a Sentence

civics

noun

• The new civics program at UCCS will start as early as this fall.
  — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• The person must also pass a civics test, with a study guide of about 100 questions.
  — Natalia E. Contreras, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2020
• In 1960, my mother read it in her tenth-grade civics class in Louisville, Kentucky.
  — Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
• All of this, once a matter of basic civics, is now for suckers.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 22 Sep. 2020
• The transgender health care law made for a painful civics lesson.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2022
• The point is that anyone—no matter the size of their wallet or the flag above their civics buildings—can see the same views of Earth.
  — Wired, 6 July 2022
• Think back to civics class in the early years of your education.
  — Nick Murray, Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
• A few hours earlier, she was focused on a civics project and the school rocket club.
  — Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Another way to make sure that civics gets back into the classroom is to test it.
  — Doug Ducey, National Review, 25 Sep. 2020
• At the risk of piling on, here’s one more question parents should think about: Will your child have civics this year?
  — Danielle Allen, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2019
• This could range from from teaching a civics class to talking forensics in a science class.
  — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 18 Apr. 2018
• Application fees run about $700, and there's a civics test.
  — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 20 June 2018
• Kid Governor is a statewide civics program for fifth graders.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2020
• For those in need of a civics lesson, that is nearly every possible top lawyer from a U.S. state.
  — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
• Greenberg, who still teaches high school civics in Seattle, has noticed changes in his two-plus decades in the classroom.
  — Rachel M. Cohen, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2022
• Think The Gist but for a specific city, or sports talk radio but for city civics, or perhaps something that isn’t quite a metaphor.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2021
• And so viewers got a little trivia with their civics lesson.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
• Studying these original sources is a civics lesson in and of itself.
  — Paula McAvoy, The Conversation, 27 Nov. 2019
• Folks with a high-school-level civics education know all that.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2021
• This is like a civics lesson on the evils of any group amassing too much political power.
  — Joe Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Bryan started his career as a teacher of high school civics and economics.
  — cleveland, 15 June 2020
• An oral civics test has long been part of gaining citizenship.
  — Stephanie Wang, Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2017
• Dig a little deeper into this civics lesson and the reasons for the delay become more clear.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2020
• The new social studies standards spell out what students should learn about civics and the Holocaust in their classes from kindergarten to 12th grade.
  — Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2021
• This doesn't mean components of the civics curriculum aren't worth teaching.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 9 Oct. 2021
• My wife asked what was being cut, and the principal said civics classes that students would get later.
  — WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
• Some of the imagery will be familiar to anyone who has ever studied civics.
  — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
• And the House proposed a civics education requirement that may not pass the Senate.
  — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2021
• Currently, Utah students are required to pass a civics test in order to graduate, according to state law.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
• If young people are required to contemplate these questions together in their civics classes between now and 2050, that would be a small beginning for a way out of the current shackles.
  — Julie C. Suk, The New Republic, 5 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024