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The phrase "Maintain civility" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase any time you want to remind someone or a group of people to be civil and polite, even when in disagreement. For example: "Let's remember to maintain civility during this meeting so we can have a productive discussion."
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"The continual presence of police cars and maintenance vehicles is required to maintain civility during significant portions of the day and night," the report said.
Moderating and filtering comments for The Times's current guidelines is not the censorship of ideas, but a proper tool to maintain civility.
Ms. Quinn defended her walkout, saying that while she "couldn't disagree with Mayor Bloomberg more on the substance" of the living wage bill, she believed it was important to maintain civility and avoid personal attacks.
One of those unnerved is Patricia Dolan, president of the Kew Gardens Hills Civic Association, a group that seeks to maintain civility in this middle-class community, which has one of the city's largest populations of Orthodox Jews.
Then there are the deadly ninja stares, the ones reserved for those who transgress the delicate social restraints that maintain civility in the city: the laser gaze directed at those who dare to bring nine items to the "eight items or less" express checkout lanes; the Darth Vader that's-my-cab-fella stare.
What started as a spat between parents and schools has become overtly political, with representatives from the centre-left Democratic party supporting the ban on homemade lunches as a way to maintain civility and order and a representative from the conservative Forza Italia party supporting la schiscetta, or food brought from home.
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Their whole lives they've hated each other, but maintained civility as the wives of two men who run a law firm together (Sam Waterston as Sol, Frankie's husband, and Martin Sheen as Robert, Grace's husband).
The inherent media characteristics of Facebook, like its algorithm that chooses what people see and its content policies, mean the company must work extra hard to remain a level-playing field for ideas while maintaining civility.
Etzion emphasizes that maintaining civility is usually possible, even if things towards the end of the relationship were really awful.
Maintaining civility during a breakup is always good, but when you're ending things with someone you live with, it's downright necessary.
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