human contact

noun

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

Examples of human contact in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Collection and testing is required following direct human contact with bats that may result in exposure to rabies, officials said. Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2024 Like the steady drip-drip-drip of water on stone, which over millenniums reduces a monolith to sand, human contact will have its way. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 Too much direct human contact on the ground can disrupt or tamper with an environment and which can potentially lead to lasting damage. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 10 Oct. 2024 Sometimes the meal deliveries offer the only human contact for these homebound seniors, who otherwise could be forgotten if not for the staff and volunteers. Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024 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 31 Oct. 2024.

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