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creatural

adjective

Definition of creaturalnext
as in humanoid

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  1. humanoid
  2. human
  3. humanlike
  4. hominid
Adjective
  • Xiaomi, a consumer electronics company that only launched its first electric car in 2024, started testing humanoid robots at its factory this year.
    — Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Though humanoid robots remain in their infancy, the robots gathered together do make for a striking display.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of humanoid
Adjective
  • Many enterprises’ security processes were built for a world in which threats developed at roughly human speed.
    — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The sense of being outside the patterns of human familial weaving is very sharp.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of human
Adjective
  • Researchers have developed a new framework that enables humanoid robots to perform agile, humanlike movements and transition smoothly between different skills.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The story feels eerily prescient as AI continues to infiltrate everyday life, with some humans beginning to form emotional bonds with the humanlike programs in their life.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
Definition of humanlike
Adjective
  • Over ten million years ago, long before the human species existed, our hominid ancestors adapted to metabolize alcohol.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The team used laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MS), a technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high-precision elemental and isotope analyses of solid materials, to scan Neanderthal molars and other hominid fossils.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of hominid
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“Creatural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creatural. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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