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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There are a number of factors behind any severe season, including poor community protection from low immunization rates and low natural immunity, virus characteristics, vaccine effectiveness and increased human contact via travel, office work or schools.
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Annette Regan, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Emotional struggles will no longer just be addressed privately with another person, a professional, outside the community—they may be worked through without any human contact at all.
—Maytal Eyal, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Otherwise, the snakes try their best to avoid human contact.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
But there were still parallels in terms of isolation, not going to school or work, and the risk of human contact beyond the bubble of one’s family.
—David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
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Annette Regan, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2025
Emotional struggles will no longer just be addressed privately with another person, a professional, outside the community—they may be worked through without any human contact at all.
—Maytal Eyal, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Otherwise, the snakes try their best to avoid human contact.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
But there were still parallels in terms of isolation, not going to school or work, and the risk of human contact beyond the bubble of one’s family.
—David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Jan. 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 26 Mar. 2025.
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