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civilities

noun

plural of civility

as in courtesies

an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners after the usual civilities, the parents and the principal had a serious talk about the boy

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Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town.

— Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

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We had been told not to point, lest our gestures attract a sniper’s bullets.

— Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
The gestures of moving, being, and breathing coalesced for Kristin as this poem, which emerged from the state of presence that is meditation-in-action.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

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