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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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The connectedness of fashion and art, as well as all of humankind, pulses throughout the show.
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Its residents have to use landlines and, apparently, only the oldest televisions currently available to humankind.
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Such reins on an industry that has billed itself as capable of extinguishing humankind are, theoretically, in everyone’s interest.
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Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
The connectedness of fashion and art, as well as all of humankind, pulses throughout the show.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
Its residents have to use landlines and, apparently, only the oldest televisions currently available to humankind.
—Jen Chaney, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
Such reins on an industry that has billed itself as capable of extinguishing humankind are, theoretically, in everyone’s interest.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
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 May. 2026.
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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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