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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Only when rangers discovered a hidden population that had avoided human contact for years did scientists learn otherwise.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Most of the production line is automated to limit human contact, with the vials being washed and sterilized and then filled with fentanyl using long rubber tubes.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
The 11 men and three women describe getting little to no mental health treatment, and almost no human contact.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Cats that resist human contact often require extended socialization periods, which some shelters cannot sustain due to overcrowding and staffing limits.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
Most of the production line is automated to limit human contact, with the vials being washed and sterilized and then filled with fentanyl using long rubber tubes.
—Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
The 11 men and three women describe getting little to no mental health treatment, and almost no human contact.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Cats that resist human contact often require extended socialization periods, which some shelters cannot sustain due to overcrowding and staffing limits.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 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 2 Dec. 2025.
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