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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This is Obomsawin’s take on Kaspar Hauser, a nineteenth-century German man who claimed to have grown up in a dark cellar, without any human contact.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The declarations described getting little to no mental health treatment, and almost no human contact.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Carol, clearly missing human contact, relishes the moment, and the two end up sleeping together.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Automation has squeezed human contact out of hiring, which has pushed applicants to seek any path to a live hiring manager, no matter the means.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
The declarations described getting little to no mental health treatment, and almost no human contact.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Carol, clearly missing human contact, relishes the moment, and the two end up sleeping together.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Automation has squeezed human contact out of hiring, which has pushed applicants to seek any path to a live hiring manager, no matter the means.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 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 25 Jan. 2026.
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