intelligent life
noun
: beings that can learn and understand things
looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets
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Among other interests, Lilly explored whether radio astronomy could be used to detect intelligent life beyond the solar system.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Some evidence suggests humans might be the only intelligent life in the universe.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Planet Earth is definitely alive, as an atmospheric analysis would reveal, but signs of complex, differentiated, or intelligent life is non-existent.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 25 Nov. 2025
Some evidence suggests humans might be the only intelligent life in the universe.
—Gabriela Radulescu, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
The film contends there has been an 80-year cover-up of the existence of non-human intelligent life and a secret war among major nations to reverse engineer UFO technology.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Planet Earth is definitely alive, as an atmospheric analysis would reveal, but signs of complex, differentiated, or intelligent life is non-existent.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 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 2 Dec. 2025.
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