intelligent life

noun

: beings that can learn and understand things
looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets

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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 The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 June 2025 Not only that, her corporate bosses may not be telling the truth (shocker, right?) and not all forms of intelligent life in the zone are necessarily human. Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025 In one, intelligent life like humans generally arises very quickly on planets, geologically speaking – in perhaps millions of years. Daniel Brady Mills, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 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 9 Jul. 2025.

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