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humankind

noun

ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd

Definition of humankind

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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 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 It’s been a long time since Steven Spielberg directed a film as quintessentially Spielbergian as Disclosure Day, which contemplates how humankind might react to proof that extraterrestrial life exists. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026 The shuttle, while fantastically advanced, would never be the vehicle to help humankind slip all of our surly bonds, so to speak. — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for humankind

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The 2026 world champions are the next evolution of a team that won the 2024 Euros, which was in itself a team that evolved from its 2008-2012 heyday.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Sometimes the dangerousness of plastic surgery gets trivialized in this world of Housewives, where a nip and tuck is akin to getting a new wardrobe.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026

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Cillian Murphy nabbed an Oscar for his haunted performance as the former UC Berkeley professor and physicist whose groundbreaking work led to one of the most frightening, formidable scientific discoveries in all of mankind.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Spiritually, His Holiness is an emanation, or tulku, of the bodhisattva Chenrezig, who renounced nirvana to help mankind.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

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There was a scattering of arts and humanities people who were paying attention to AI and who generally approached the technology with an attitude of open curiosity.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
But only recently has this process been encoded so specifically onto the face, traditionally thought of as a portal to our humanity.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

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