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noun

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Recent Examples of human
Adjective
But a vast amount of human knowledge is contested, to one degree or another. Jimmy Wales, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025 Later, the humanoids got up in a human-like manner, first lifting their legs and using their hip joint to get up and come back to their original standing position. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
Atlas is built for humans delegating to machines. The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025 Premiering on October 27, the series will include four hour-long episodes featuring interviews with astronauts and people working or living with the space program, tracing the journey of humans in space over the past 50 years. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for human
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human
Adjective
  • This groundbreaking method could transform the way researchers study complex diseases, including cancer, without disrupting natural cellular processes.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The large-mouthed sharks end up hoovering in some of this natural debris.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Though the serial killer in each installment of Scream is always revealed to be a different person, the phone voice has remained consistent since Jackson, now 65, took on the job back in 1996.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The person didn’t respond to further questions, and phone calls to two numbers associated with the email address went unanswered.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As both Hernández and Freeman asserted, Ohtani has quite the gap between him and a mortal man, but there are four more wins the Dodgers need to earn before the storybook season can be complete.
    Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Dicker’s fifth and final field goal was straight and true despite a high snap on the winning kick against the Dolphins, a mortal lock if ever there was one.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The breakthrough could redefine the future of virtual and augmented reality by creating visuals that look identical to real life.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Rinderknecht is accused of starting the January blaze known as the Palisades Fires, which ultimately went on to claim the lives of 12 people and burn over 23,000 acres, according to a report from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As previously reported by PEOPLE, the two men were arrested after the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB) and the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Goods (OCBC) led an investigation into the robbery on Saturday, according to French outlets Le Parisien and Paris Match.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That’s especially problematic for aging science given that men and women age differently.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The idea of what a tough guy is is a little bit romanticized in the archetype of Clint Eastwood – just being really stoic and not saying a lot.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • People who know him as a wisecracking guy who was into fireworks or whatever have a tendency to dismiss him as somebody too male, too aggressive, too whatever.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, in 1948 scientists realized that a small population of the creatures still survived, leading to a conservation effort that's ongoing decades later.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, those on the front lines of rescuing and rehabilitating animals at care centers are concerned that the current furloughs and the possibility of job cuts could result in less support for struggling ocean creatures.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their names aren't included in the indictment, but several media outlets have reported that those individuals were his wife and daughter, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • More than one‑third of covered workers are enrolled in a plan with a deductible of $2,000 or more for an individual.
    Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Human.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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