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human beings in general
all humanity can learn from this tragedy
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Recent Examples of humanities
But they should not be called empathy, and doctors should not accept skills training as a substitute for moral inquiry of the sort that the medical humanities offers.
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Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
What’s happening at Chicago is a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
In the years intervening, the poem has remained a lodestar, a contravening presence when, in present day America’s vituperative political landscape, the humanities disciplines and higher education itself has been forced to invoke and defend its own authority.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Padley studied classics and history at Baylor University, worked with the Hertog Institute as a political studies fellow and a humanities program facilitator.
—Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Previously, people created knowledge about their world, but there were not strict boundaries between what are now called the humanities, such as history, English and philosophy, and the sciences, including biology, chemistry and physics.
—Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Interested applicants don’t always need to have business courses under their belt, either; schools are willing to take applicants with science, engineering, humanities, and social sciences backgrounds.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Of course, the humanities were never meant to be exclusive.
—Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Some departments, including the division of the arts & the humanities and the biological science division, will undergo restructuring to streamline spending.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
What’s happening at Chicago is a particular gut-punch to the humanities, not just at the university itself, but nationally and even globally.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanities
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The story of a violent but ultimately fruitful encounter between Norman and Saxon worlds was coherent, accessible, and deeply relevant to the ideas and customs that still undergird much of British (and American) life.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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Set in Maozhuang Village, where real-life 800-year-old Song-dynasty stone statues stand sentry amid vast wheat fields, the film uses arthouse technique to express the inner yearnings of Qing and her mother, who otherwise stay silent about their emotional worlds.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2025
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The chatbot alone, however, solved the cases more accurately than the humans.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Graduates earn a median income of $90,900 after three years, which rises to $170,100 20 years out—the highest median salary of the top 25 publics.—
Fiona Riley,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Unlike democratic politicians who must constantly justify their actions to skeptical publics and hostile media, autocrats like Putin and Kim arrive at these summits with clear, patient, long-term objectives.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, both men have seen their 3-point accuracy fluctuate from season to season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Inside were bunk beds, a little table, and a small gear-sorting area, where two Russian men, one large and one small, were chatting and eating cheese.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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Its all-new Mafate X Hike hybrid boot aims to help adventurers fulfill some of their loftiest goals, pushing them deeper and harder into wild spaces inaccessible to ordinary mortals.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
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It’s set in a land split in two – Starside is where the magical, powerful immortals live, and Stormside is where mortals scramble for even just a taste of that magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The great human cost involved in construction works, river maintenance, and canal building is a pervasive feature of all powerful societies right up to the modern era.—
Vanessa Taylor,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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In the late 1830s, as a devastating financial crisis bankrupted antislavery societies across the North, the movement seemed splintered and powerless to keep up its petition pressure campaign.—
Time,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Jaglom became a studio-eschewing writer-director, making films starring New Hollywood folks like Dennis Hopper, Karen Black, and Nicholson.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Along with a slew of other prominent folks, actress Yvette Mimieux was even rumored to have occupied the Maravilla Road property in the late 1960s.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Humanities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanities. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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