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93 examples of Societal in a sentence

Thank goodness Will Smith has jumped onto the societal issue of text messaging while driving.
It kicks ass and rocks as far as action goes, but the interactions of the characters and societal reactions to "mutants" reminds us of the constant prejudices that we face (and make) everyday.
THE BLOB is a great horror movie, not merely because of the vividly horrific images of its nearly unstoppable, flesh-dissolving title character, but because it features a real societal message.
Page 3 is one of those films Madhur Bhandarkar makes to expose societal filth.
There are enough sad stories about women and their oppression by religious, political and societal means.
(Probably as a result of the ever-so-hip 80's changing societal attitudes) Those dramas represent the very best that television sci-fi had to offer, even on low budgets, shot on video with 16mm film inserts.
Besides, its political and societal significance, Flying: Confessions of a Free Women, is also a compelling and soap opera like film that, despite its length, flies by in a whirlwind of emotional drama and hilarity.
That will require complex, multiple, varied, and integrated responses from a very wide variety of sources at individual, institutional, societal, and global levels.
Unfettered markets may produce big bonuses for CEO’s, but they do not lead, as if by an invisible hand, to societal well-being.
Those who advocate both democracy and security-sector reform must show consistent unity of purpose, build societal consensus and political coalitions for their programs, and formulate coherent, sustainable policies.
It is difficult to overestimate chronic pain’s societal impact.
The UNDP report emphasizes another aspect of societal performance: vulnerability.
A tiny fraction of international aid funding currently goes toward reducing societal violence and improving criminal justice systems.
The larger and more global the company, the larger and more global are its societal effects.
Four decades ago, the US Department of Defense created the Internet; today, by most accounts, the US remains the leading country in terms of its military and societal use.
The core insight is that no one can rule out the occurrence of an Old Testament-style event – war, famine, pestilence, or societal collapse.
The attendees called for what amounts to a moratorium on the gene editing of embryos leading to a pregnancy, concluding that it would be “irresponsible to proceed” until the risks were better understood and there was “broad societal consensus” about the research.
While Adam Smith started us on the optimistic belief that an invisible hand would take care of most coordination issues, in the intervening period economists discovered all sorts of market failures, informational imperfections, and incentive problems, which have given rise to rules, regulations, and other forms of government and societal intervention.
And, while aging could be transformed into an opportunity if the elderly could be made more productive, this requires action at the national and societal levels, not more European integration.
Inasmuch as productivity growth – and, in turn, GDP and income growth – advances these societal objectives, it is highly desirable.
But demilitarization also reflected societal shifts.
As Assad’s narrative gains traction, fence-sitters will gradually embrace it, thus strengthening his societal support.
The term describes the prolonged adolescence that young people must endure until they can afford marriage, the region’s institutional and cultural gateway to societal recognition, not to mention sexual activity.
Taxes on speculative activity might encourage banks to focus greater attention on performing their key societal role of providing credit.
We live in an age of enormous transformation – an era in which focusing solely on near-term financial results is a prescription for extinction, and addressing societal needs is entirely compatible with long-term profitability.
As the Norwegian EEA Agreement puts it, “if serious economic, societal or environmental difficulties of a sectoral or regional nature liable to persist are arising,” limits on free movement may be applied.
The international community must engage with all relevant non-violent regional actors to devise a joint strategy that provides countries with a roadmap for democratic development, economic advancement, and societal modernization.
Although great technologies are worth the investment from a societal point of view, it is not so easy for a company to achieve sustained profitability.
Our market economy should promote, rather than undermine, societal goals that correspond to our values and morals.
It brings an element of hard-nosed critical rationality into all societal debate, and fosters awareness of uncertainty and change in the professional education of skilled practitioners.
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