How to Use civic-minded in a Sentence

civic-minded

adjective
  • Even then, Griffin was civic-minded.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Moreover, Copenhagen has proven to be both a global and a civic-minded city.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2026
  • Its members are reasonably civic-minded.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Fewer teams are being steered by local, civic-minded businesspeople.
    Michael Delayo, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Henderson is the grandson of one of Nashville's most prominent and civic-minded couples.
    Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 11 Aug. 2025
  • People are civic-minded, though local debates often revolve around nightlife, public safety, rising costs and development.
    Ilia Murtazashvili, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Schulman is the civic-minded president of The Eli’s Cheesecake Company.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In 1943, civic-minded citizens claimed a plot in San Francisco and invited farmers to sell their produce there.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
  • Greenbrae resident Cathy Taylor comes from a long line of accomplished, civic-minded family members who have publicly shared their love of art, design and gardens over the decades.
    Pj Bremier, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The report reveals a civic-minded company, grappling with internal tension between holding true to its purpose and facing harsh economic realities, including trade wars and assaults on nature.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025
  • His family arrived in San Francisco in the nineteenth century, from Ireland, and joined other ambitious, civic-minded Catholics.
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Environmental advocates criticized the industry’s sudden interest in public health as more opportunistic than civic-minded.
    Personal Finance Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Like other moments in the eight installments, it is left to the viewer to decide how effectively the docu-series walks the line between civic-minded investigative journalism designed to hold power to account and the sensationalization of tragedy for entertainment value.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025

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