intelligent life
noun
: beings that can learn and understand things
looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets
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Still, what kind of intelligent life form wouldn’t want to see a sunrise on another world?
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Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
So for humanity, this will not be within our near future, but for other intelligent life, this could be a possibility.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But thought experiments about the lives of aliens can also tell us something about potential trajectories for intelligent life on Earth.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
In Saturation Point, Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into ‘The Zone’, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
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Matthew Hutson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
So for humanity, this will not be within our near future, but for other intelligent life, this could be a possibility.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But thought experiments about the lives of aliens can also tell us something about potential trajectories for intelligent life on Earth.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2025
In Saturation Point, Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into ‘The Zone’, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for intelligent life
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“Intelligent life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligent%20life. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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