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all humankind shares the desire for peace
perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe
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Long before humankind – that brief, busy interlude.
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The threat is inhuman and external, and Gunn finds a certain sick humor in its inevitable victory over humankind.
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In Frozen Empire, an ancient artifact threatens to unleash a second Ice Age and two generations of Ghostbusters must unite to save humankind from this curse and other spectral forces.
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Destroying the hunter-killers’ connection with the mothership shifts the war in favor of humankind.
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Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
The threat is inhuman and external, and Gunn finds a certain sick humor in its inevitable victory over humankind.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
In Frozen Empire, an ancient artifact threatens to unleash a second Ice Age and two generations of Ghostbusters must unite to save humankind from this curse and other spectral forces.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Destroying the hunter-killers’ connection with the mothership shifts the war in favor of humankind.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humankind
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“Humankind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humankind. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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humankind
noun
hu·man·kind
ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd 
ˈyü-
Medical Definition
humankind
noun
hu·man·kind
ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd
ˈyü
ˈyü
: the human race
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