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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
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, 5 Nov. 2025
These are human beings who spend like everybody else spends.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
No two human beings can possibly have the same answers and the same opinions all the time.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Will human beings pay to watch AI stars?
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Having to choose between good and evil, in the Grand Inquisitor’s view, is a burden that human beings are too weak to bear.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Micro outlook Earth Spirit celebrates the industry’s sustainable strengths and reconnects human beings to natural sources.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Sharing our thoughts and prayers after a mass shooting expresses our grief and compassion as human beings.
—Scott Peters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
These are human beings who spend like everybody else spends.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
No two human beings can possibly have the same answers and the same opinions all the time.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Will human beings pay to watch AI stars?
—Mark Schilling, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Having to choose between good and evil, in the Grand Inquisitor’s view, is a burden that human beings are too weak to bear.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Micro outlook Earth Spirit celebrates the industry’s sustainable strengths and reconnects human beings to natural sources.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Sharing our thoughts and prayers after a mass shooting expresses our grief and compassion as human beings.
—Scott Peters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
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These comments are important because our government must place premium in creating a society that respects human lives, secures its borders and protects its citizens.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Cambodian-French production, which had its world premiere in Tokyo, explores the lives of the Bunong people in Cambodia, an indigenous ethnic group that is under grave threat due to climate change.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Campbell, one of the fastest men in college football, has six touchdown catches this season of 50 or more yards, including the 65-yard play that gave Sac State a 14-7 lead over the Vikings.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal daytime shooting in Avondale.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Those on nine-month contracts must devote 480 hours to instruction — which can include things like lab work, clinical work and internships in addition to lecture time — over the course of the contract.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Because, in waking life, the truth is that things haven’t been the same since the strain of raising two young kids started to wear on their parents.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Two guys sat on New York public transit, talking into little mics attached to their Metro cards.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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You guys have pretty well done that on your own with a 50 percent divorce rate.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the absence of whales, sucker fish avoid predators by seeking other large creatures to latch onto, including manta rays, dolphins and unlucky scuba divers.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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That means algae could grow in larger volumes, feeding more creatures and even possibly shifting how carbon moves through the ocean.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
7 Nov. 2025
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Spirited, political, and deeply kind individuals, the Christos were passionately devoted to their artistic vision.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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They are felt as they are composed, painfully, joyously, cellularly—and they are designed for other biological beings to experience, to connect with, to be animated, provoked and moved by.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Others believe that spirits were never mortal beings.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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Invest in fiction written by humans and so support human creativity, vocations, and organic economies?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Historic data In 2024, California witnessed 8,011 fires caused by humans, as reported by NIFC, which burned 990,939 acres of wildland.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Human beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human%20beings. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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