human contact

noun

: interaction with other people
She joined a book club to get a little human contact while the kids were in school.

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In the show, which Lincoln Hiatt and Andrew Golder created, contestants are confined to isolation pods with no sense of day or night, no human contact and no alliances – somewhat against the grain of the current spate of guessing game formats that require contestants to form pacts. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025 Reformers push for more human contact; correctional officers argue the tool is critical to safety. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025 Most of this ecosystem has remained virtually unchanged by human contact. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025 During their rehabilitation, staff followed a strict protocol designed to limit human contact and encourage natural behavior. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for human contact

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“Human contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20contact. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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