Example Sentences

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In ancient civilizations as in ours, it was status made manifest.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In fact, he concluded, the two civilizations are “so radically different, they’re irreconcilable.”

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

"Great civilizations outlast even the most vicious occupiers."

From Barron's • Mar. 28, 2026

Scientists at Columbia University working with Breakthrough Listen, a research initiative focused on searching for signs of civilizations beyond Earth, have reported new findings from the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center Survey.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Perhaps among the contents of the Encyclopaedia Galactica will be a set of summaries of such civilizations, the information enigmatic, tantalizing, evocative—even after we succeed in translating it.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan