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noun

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Recent Examples of human
Adjective
The Vietnam Veterans Parade was a human wave of joy and sadness and grief and release. Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025 Rather than using a horse, Glanville figured that a person who'd been repeatedly exposed to lots of different venoms might have human antibodies that could target such a site to interfere with the toxins. Ari Daniel, NPR, 2 May 2025
Noun
Experts agree that humans will work alongside robots in warehouses like Amazon’s for the foreseeable future. Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 7 May 2025 The short clip features a humanoid robot malfunctioning, flailing its appendages wildly, and getting almost too close for comfort to two humans working on it. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for human
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human
Adjective
  • The third book is more niche: a journey through forests that introduces young minds to the natural benefits of herbs.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • For design lovers, that might mean visiting architectural icons, traveling to new places, traversing natural wonders, or trying new activities that flex certain skills.
    Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • The raid at the unidentified health care executive’s home was authorized by a judge after a person phoned in a tip to the FBI, according to the affidavit.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • The Clinic notes that a person is more likely to develop alopecia if there is a family history of the condition or if family members have other autoimmune diseases like lupus or thyroid disease.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 10 May 2025
Adjective
  • Ex-Presidents have a tricky relationship with relevance after leaving the White House, and Biden’s re-entry into the mortal world is still a work in progress.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 8 May 2025
  • If one chapter of your mortal span—your wartime experience, or a love affair—has pierced you more sharply than any other, why shouldn’t that chapter go up front?
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Founded by Frank Fertitta IV and Landon Gyulay, the Easy Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) grant-making nonprofit committed to helping Veterans transition to civilian life by addressing critical needs including mental health care, job training, placement, and family support services.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 May 2025
  • That fight for victim's rights has shaped all their lives.
    Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The dynamics are informed by a baseline of data from Mack, who oversees the Royals quantitative analysis staff and performance science department ... and happens to be a sharp and animated guy who loves to talk about this stuff.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
  • Old-timers from the neighborhood sit around reading or gossiping, clapping along to whatever music is playing on the system, often at volumes so loud that Coopersmith and his guys have to shout to each other while pricing records.
    Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Elsewhere in the film, the Irish vampire Remmick, pursued by Choctaw vampire hunters, tricks his way into the protection of a pair of Klan members living near Clarksdale and turns them into creatures of the night.
    Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
  • These footprints are more commonly found in coastal deposits, suggesting that these creatures waded through shallow waters to catch fish or scoop up floating prey, much like modern-day flamingos.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • These individuals often wrestled with whether to call off the wedding, all while imagining how life might look both with and without their current partner.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025
  • Food is presented as a pathway to healing, meaning not only the health of individuals but also spiritually revitalizing First Nations people by reconnecting them with their roots.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025

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“Human.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human. Accessed 18 May. 2025.

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