homo

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Recent Examples of homo In so doing, H. floresiensis seems to have reversed what researchers once considered a defining trend of Homo's evolution: the inexorable expansion of the brain. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
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Noun
  • Suarez, the Braves’ setup man, and arguably the team’s top offseason acquisition, was an All-Star closer for the Padres the past two seasons.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 23 June 2026
  • Nationally, women receive an average of $1,760 monthly in Social Security, $438 less than the $2,198 men receive on average.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • That’s also when a Seattle gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin published a pale volume with a drawing of a loincloth-wearing hominid on the cover.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • These warblers now join Amazonian butterflies, cichlid fish in Africa, as well as our own hominid lineage, as exemplars of this process of evolutionary sharing.
    David Toews, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Of note, this will also be the first human spaceflight from SLC-40 as KSC’s pad will be in preparation for the Europa Clipper launch in October.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • The story of humans fighting a robot race bent on the former’s destruction ends up being a microscope on the national mood of the 2000s, and that’s a phenomenal achievement.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • As officers moved inside, the suspect ran out the back of the building, where other officers stationed along a perimeter took the person into custody, police said.
    Richard Ramos, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Sees another email that says that the person who's going to shut it down is having extramarital affair.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s a lot about wanting to go back in time and change other things in my life.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Shirilla's relationships with Russo and Flanagan, the crash that took their lives, and the resulting trial that concluded with Shirilla's conviction are all chronicled in The Crash, which premiered on Netflix on May 15.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Kids might be more entranced by the family-friendly Resort Pool and Winding River, the activities at the Reef Rangers Club, and the 500,000-gallon Under the Sea Lagoon that’s home to stingrays, reef fish, and Aldabra tortoises.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • The standout dinner order is the seafood paella, which arrives sizzling in a hot pan with shrimp, calamari, mussels, market fish, chorizo, and crispy bomba rice.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • In addition, a 2024 CDCR report finds that people who spent a year or longer in a fire camp have lower recidivism rates compared to fire camp-eligible individuals who did not participate in fire camps.
    Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • While excess water-soluble B vitamins generally leave your body via urine, very high doses may increase the likelihood of side effects in sensitive individuals.
    Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 29 June 2026

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“Homo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homo. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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