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humankind

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ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd

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human beings in general all humankind shares the desire for peace

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the human race perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe

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Recent Examples of humankind While the largest demographic shift humankind has ever seen is rearranging every economy on earth, capital is asleep. — The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 On this day in 1859, humankind squared up against Niagara Falls for the first time. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026 Irrational numbers such as pi or the square root of 2 have always fascinated humankind. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 19 June 2026 This spirit of rarefied American invention, fueled by both government investment and private capital, was meant to serve all humankind. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for humankind

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Meanwhile, digital surveillance has limited people’s ability to exchange information with the outside world from within Tibetan regions in China.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
In the past year, the beauty world has been all about the best blushes, then conversation turned to bronzers thanks to the craze for Rhode's compacts.

— Irene Coltrinari, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2026

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In Kurzweil’s version, the singularity involves an unmistakable break in which machine intelligence overtakes humanity and technological progress becomes impossible to predict.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 July 2026
In the years ahead, technical competence will become increasingly common, but the best of humanity may prove to be the greatest differentiator of all.

— John M. O'Connor, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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