civic center

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noun

a building complex housing a theater or theaters for the performing arts and sometimes exhibition halls, a museum, etc., and usually constructed or maintained by municipal funds.

a building or building complex containing a municipality's administrative offices, various departmental headquarters, courts, etc., and sometimes an auditorium, libraries, or other community or cultural facilities.

a theater, meeting hall, or the like for community or public use.

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Origin of civic center

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby civic center

Ciudad Victoria, Civ., civet, civet cat, civic, civic center, civic centre, civic-minded, civics, civic university, civies

How to use civic center in a sentence

Instead, straighten your civic backbone and push back in clear conscience.
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Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.
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It is the only tourist center Ukraine has left on the Black Sea, since Russia annexed Crimea last spring.
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The resources were what you might expect: Dining room, a media center, a library, a TV room, a meeting room, a computer room.
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So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.
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The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
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In the center of the river line stood the imposing red sandstone palace of Bahadur Shah, last of the Moguls.
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The artillery and 81st were on the right of the line, the native infantry in the center, and the sowars on the left.
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But those I speak of, the best women of every small town, are constantly active in civic affairs.
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Touch the center of a cover-glass to the top of the drop and quickly place it, blood side down, upon a slide.
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