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Instead it is managed by the International Seabed Authority for the benefit of humankind as a whole.
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Coalter G Lathrop, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Written with Owen Temple, the song resurrects an image Baumann had in his mind for years, that of humankind spinning through space, all of us in this together.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
Rao, now the chief technology officer at Roost, a nonprofit dedicated to building AI safety infrastructure, believes humankind is at a crucial crossroads for building safeguards for AI.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
The curved shadow of the Earth that creeps across the moon during lunar eclipses is key to humankind’s understanding of our planet.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Coalter G Lathrop, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Written with Owen Temple, the song resurrects an image Baumann had in his mind for years, that of humankind spinning through space, all of us in this together.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
Rao, now the chief technology officer at Roost, a nonprofit dedicated to building AI safety infrastructure, believes humankind is at a crucial crossroads for building safeguards for AI.
—Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
The curved shadow of the Earth that creeps across the moon during lunar eclipses is key to humankind’s understanding of our planet.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humankind
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Even when there is little to celebrate in a world marked by barbarity, these events invite us to be together and, briefly, to look, feel, admire, and even disagree within a temporary gathering of images and spaces.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Skeletor’s best beats stand as intricate, explosive little worlds that build on ideas he’s been toying with his entire career.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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The geologist Charles Lyell proposed that the very ground beneath mankind’s feet had been reshaped countless times before the beginning of human history and was even now in a state of flux.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The original show's opening moments see its characters watching a Russian step on the moon, and that one historical change sets off a butterfly effect creating a whole new history for mankind.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Artemis, by contrast, aims to establish a base near the lunar south pole, building knowledge and skills that will help humanity make the next giant leap — to Mars.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Humankind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humankind. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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