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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 simulation was a major milestone in one of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken, later earning Manabe a share of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Gaudí had planned for parishioners to enter through the façade depicting the history of humankind.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
These landers achieved humankind’s first two successful soft landings of operational and functioning spacecraft on the surface of another planet.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
Yet, near-Earth asteroids are also widely regarded as one of the most significant existential threats facing humankind.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Gaudí had planned for parishioners to enter through the façade depicting the history of humankind.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
These landers achieved humankind’s first two successful soft landings of operational and functioning spacecraft on the surface of another planet.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
Yet, near-Earth asteroids are also widely regarded as one of the most significant existential threats facing humankind.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Humankind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humankind. Accessed 5 Oct. 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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