community relations
Britishplural noun
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the particular state of affairs in an area where potentially conflicting ethnic, religious, cultural, political, or linguistic groups live together
community relations in this neighbourhood were strained before the riots
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social engineering or mediating work with conflicting groups
he spent ten years in community relations
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( as modifier )
a community-relations officer
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Example Sentences
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Debra Duardo noted that an independent evaluation team credited the district with meeting 153 standards in key areas: student achievement; community relations and governance; and management of finances, personnel and facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Inside was the first community relations luncheon of the year with the GEO Group, the nation’s largest operator of private prisons.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2025
“The machines evolve with the method to further distinguish us from Pilates,” says the company’s community relations director and senior master trainer, Heather Perren.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
He returned to the UK in 1948 on the famous HMT Empire Windrush and settled in Leeds, where he became regarded as a pioneer for community relations in the city.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
He promised that the officers would be required to do some "extra homework on community relations."
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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