as in lives
a member of the human race
we're all human beings, regardless of our differences
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Recent Examples of human beings
Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
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Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Customers aren’t human beings to delight—they’re simply metrics like Net Promoter Score that must be kept from dropping too low.
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Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
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Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
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Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
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Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Customers aren’t human beings to delight—they’re simply metrics like Net Promoter Score that must be kept from dropping too low.
—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.
—
Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
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The town’s predicament highlights the limits of any ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, and the lingering hardship faced by residents whose lives have been upended by years of conflict.
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The labor of these aging world-builders becomes a blueprint to navigate memory, legacy, and mortality, revealing the divine spirit residing in their daily lives.
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The golden generation of American men — Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and the rest of the Group D winning crew — live and surrounded by red, white and blue in the home of the red and gold.
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Grown men hugged one another, and at least one started crying.
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In fact, many of us often end up buying things that our colleagues found during their search.
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And don't forget to follow Allure on Instagram and TikTok, or subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on all things beauty.
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
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These guys, everyone has each other’s backs.
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While oysters in space appear to be a newer research opportunity, Harrisburg states that humans have been eating these creatures for 100,000 years, based on archaeology findings.
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The majority are shaped like the animals — turtles, panthers, bear, birds and other creatures — that inhabited the region.
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At Last’s notification to close two sites, the agency worked to find shelter for the residents and most of the 181 individuals have since been rehoused.
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In this condition, the tick introduces a sugar molecule in its saliva called alpha-gal into the human body upon biting, which can trigger an immune response in some individuals.
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Long before scientists understood solar wind or magnetism, people associated auroras with spirits, omens, warriors, or celestial beings.
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In Hawaiian culture, menehune are small beings known for mischief and building in the dark of night.
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All the problems of the world are a result of humans being lost and controlled by their egos.
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While oysters in space appear to be a newer research opportunity, Harrisburg states that humans have been eating these creatures for 100,000 years, based on archaeology findings.
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“Human beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human%20beings. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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