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English word

civilization

B2
UK /ˌsɪvəlaɪˈzeɪʃn/US /ˌsɪvələˈzeɪʃn/
noun

a state of human society that is very developed and organized

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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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As a civilization, we will have so many gifts just as you as individuals have so many individual gifts as you sit before me.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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Human civilization could come to an end for external reasons, like a giant meteor, super volcanoes, or extreme climate change.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)Sentence 524 · Pro

A self-sustaining civilization on the Moon or Mars—that is an enormous opportunity, probably at the trillion-dollar level—um, because then you've got basically interplanetary comms going on.

Elon Musk's 2003 Stanford University Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders LectureSentence 333 · Pro

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