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
His main goal behind joining Interesting Engineering is to learn more about how the recent technological advancements are helping human beings on both societal and individual levels in their daily lives.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For quite some time, human beings have been losing our humanity.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
To organize the faith community of Chicago to speak up for and protect human rights and human beings.
—Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Feeling like they are treated like criminals, non-human beings—worse than animals.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The authors of the study found ways to look at the mechanism linking fat to breast cancer growth in ways that couldn’t be tested in human beings, said Justin Balko, the Ingram professor of cancer research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For quite some time, human beings have been losing our humanity.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
To organize the faith community of Chicago to speak up for and protect human rights and human beings.
—Ciera Bates-Chamberlain, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Feeling like they are treated like criminals, non-human beings—worse than animals.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
The authors of the study found ways to look at the mechanism linking fat to breast cancer growth in ways that couldn’t be tested in human beings, said Justin Balko, the Ingram professor of cancer research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
—Linda Carroll, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
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One paper in August estimates that Covid vaccines saved more than 2 million lives, mostly among older adults, worldwide between 2020 and October 2024.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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But for Ukraine—and for us—human lives matter.—
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Acting is such an exercise in using your body, figuring out what’s working, figuring out what’s not, trying things, not being afraid to try things, taking notes, playing off other people, learning from other people.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, if the latest reports are to be believed, the hatchet has been buried, or at the very least, things are well enough that Queen Camilla would support her husband’s desire to make up with his son.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
12 Sep. 2025
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And that advice proved useful in the coming years, especially after a growth spurt gave the teenager the physical attributes to deal with the kicks and elbows that came from playing against men often twice his age.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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The busload of men and women who arrived that day in September 2018, like the others before and after, came with hopes of creating better lives for themselves and their families.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Phillies have discovered a productive unit by cutting their most expensive outfielder’s playing time and rallying around three guys who are probably still platoon players but are making the most of every chance.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some other guys asked him to get hats for them too.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the end, the Viking landers found no creatures, and biological experiments proved inconclusive.—
David W. Brown,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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The creatures prefer large, dense areas in the woods and wetlands.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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China, by comparison, boasts an active military of 2,000,000 individuals, as well as air and naval technology several levels above the island territory’s current capabilities.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Democrats have responded by condemning Kirk's assassination and all political violence, which has become increasingly common against members of both parties and individuals of all stripes.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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For example, suppose that a user believes that alien beings from outer space are here on Earth.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The name comes from local folklore, which imagined the chambers as dwellings for magical beings.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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That requires humans to choose regeneration over extraction.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Like humans, dogs experience several sleep cycles, including periods of wakefulness known as non-rapid-eye-movement sleep and the deeper stage of rapid-eye-movement sleep, according to the American Kennel Club.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Human beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human%20beings. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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