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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No human contact with the animal has been reported, and police said the case was likely an isolated incident.
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Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Managing the sleep disruption, confinement stress, and mood and cognitive effects, all with limited or no human contact, would be as vital to survival as taking care of physical needs.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Managing the sleep disruption, confinement stress, and mood and cognitive effects, all with limited or no human contact, would be as vital to survival as taking care of physical needs.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
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 16 Mar. 2026.
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