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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The elephants were gradually weaned off the goat milk and human contact sharply limited.
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Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Most feral cats avoid human contact and are often most active after dusk.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024
Cool but not emotionally aloof, Hall’s sharp, tightly wound performance implies a personality given to tension at the best of times, in need of close human contact to draw out her happiness.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2024
The squishy mud that gives wading birds the otherworldly appearance of walking on water in the shallows of Florida Bay also gives the flamingos a measure of protection from human contact.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
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Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Most feral cats avoid human contact and are often most active after dusk.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2024
Cool but not emotionally aloof, Hall’s sharp, tightly wound performance implies a personality given to tension at the best of times, in need of close human contact to draw out her happiness.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2024
The squishy mud that gives wading birds the otherworldly appearance of walking on water in the shallows of Florida Bay also gives the flamingos a measure of protection from human contact.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
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“Human contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20contact. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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