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"community" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often society (7 letters).
Definitions
People living in one place or sharing a common interest
Word origin
From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin commūnitās (“community; public spirit”), from commūn(is) (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -itās. By surface analysis, commun(e) + -ity. Displaced native Old English ġemǣnsċipe. Doublet of communitas.
Used in a sentence
“Purpose doesn’t only come from work. The third way we can create a sense of purpose for everyone is by building community. And when our generation says “everyone”, we mean everyone in the world.”
“Volunteering gave me a sense of community.”
“a community of goods”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“local group”9 letters
02“Local group of residents”9 letters
03“Local population”9 letters
04“Neighborhood group”9 letters
05“People connected by place”9 letters
06“People sharing a place”9 letters
07“Local group”9 letters
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