: 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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Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Momentum grows around literacy in Fort Worth Friday’s announcement comes amid growing calls from Tarrant County’s civic and business leaders for schools in the Fort Worth area to improve their reading scores.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Boaters, scouts, civic organizations, environmental groups, businesses and individual volunteers are encouraged to help clean up the St. Johns River by removing trash and debris.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
For 130 years, members of the Pacific Beach Woman’s Club have been supporting charitable and civic organizations across PB and beyond.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2025
Momentum grows around literacy in Fort Worth Friday’s announcement comes amid growing calls from Tarrant County’s civic and business leaders for schools in the Fort Worth area to improve their reading scores.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Boaters, scouts, civic organizations, environmental groups, businesses and individual volunteers are encouraged to help clean up the St. Johns River by removing trash and debris.
—Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025
For 130 years, members of the Pacific Beach Woman’s Club have been supporting charitable and civic organizations across PB and beyond.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Civic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civic. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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