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a member of the human race
we're all human beings, regardless of our differences
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Recent Examples of human beings
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
Carrying this dual way of writing and naming forward, by the late 1950s, Carson’s ever-expanding ecological thinking would lead her to consider the place of human beings in this web of relationships.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
That as difficult as New York and Philadelphia are, with their towering housing projects and subway systems and social strata, those structures also protect human beings from the elements.
—Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The institutions created by the Constitution are set up to be functional, but they are also built to account for the kind of human beings who will inhabit them.
—Jordan Cash, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
These Richmondian revolutions, performed by human beings, had predictably human results.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
The award also reflected broader industry attention around how transportation organizations can modernize without losing sight of human beings at the center of service delivery.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Screens also, of course, can’t teach students to have appropriate interactions with other human beings — skills that will be essential for their future careers and long-term well-being.
—CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Carrying this dual way of writing and naming forward, by the late 1950s, Carson’s ever-expanding ecological thinking would lead her to consider the place of human beings in this web of relationships.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
That as difficult as New York and Philadelphia are, with their towering housing projects and subway systems and social strata, those structures also protect human beings from the elements.
—Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
The institutions created by the Constitution are set up to be functional, but they are also built to account for the kind of human beings who will inhabit them.
—Jordan Cash, The Conversation, 8 June 2026
These Richmondian revolutions, performed by human beings, had predictably human results.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
The award also reflected broader industry attention around how transportation organizations can modernize without losing sight of human beings at the center of service delivery.
—Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Screens also, of course, can’t teach students to have appropriate interactions with other human beings — skills that will be essential for their future careers and long-term well-being.
—CNN Money, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
Noun
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The backstory The building that houses the hotel has lived many lives since its construction in 1852.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
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McGinniss watches and lives and eats with the team, painting enchanting portraits of the team hierarchy at work over many-course meals.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
Noun
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South Africa was reduced to nine men after Themba Zwane struck Álvarado off the ball.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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In addition to Willis Reed, the Pro-Keds Royal was endorsed by fellow big men George Mikan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with the latter going on to join Adidas and becoming the first player to have an entirely new sneaker designed for him.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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My defense and my rebounding are two things that are extremely, extremely important to me.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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In my fiction, my grandfather was no longer an inscrutable ghost, but a character with definable flaws, who did things in an order that, despite whatever twists and subversions, resolved into meaning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Noun
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My job is to help the guys put them in environments and situations to be better.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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He’s been working hard with the pitching guys too.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
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Aliens galore Eternia is home to more creatures than just He-Man and Skeletor.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
5 June 2026
Noun
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Those who stand out are individuals who can pair that functional expertise with emotional intelligence and relationship building.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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The agreement resolves the matter instead of going to court, with the individuals agreeing not to pursue further legal action against the City and related entities.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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That’s certainly true, in the sense that entanglements among ancient, telepathic beings play out on a time scale us humans struggle to comprehend.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
7 June 2026
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The series wasn’t directly based on a Rice book but centered on her in-universe secret society that monitors supernatural beings and whose representatives (like Justin Kirk’s Raglan James) have shown up in IWTV and The Mayfair Witches.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Noun
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And, for the moment, though this study presents even more thrilling evidence that perhaps humans, at this time, were able to control fire?—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 June 2026
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The data available for these vaccine candidates varies; some do not have animal testing data, while others have had promising findings in nonhuman primates, but clinical-grade material for testing in humans is not yet available.—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Human beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human%20beings. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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