civilizational
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Coxon, who previously worked at Anthropic’s competitor OpenAI, noted that OpenAI had not grappled with “the civilizational stakes.”
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
They were, for him, moral and civilizational achievements in their own right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Or, take the example of Japan, another place with a deep civilizational history that’s gone through many phases when it comes to types of government.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
The film’s climax reaches for the same sense of civilizational awe as the mothership landing in “Close Encounters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The separation from the civilizational influences of Asia amounts to absolute isolation.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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