humankinds

plural of humankind
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as in humanities
the human race perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe

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Noun
  • The film features a story between a transgender character and a cisgender political revolutionary (played by Tonatiuh and Diego Luna) who are pulled from two separate worlds and are imprisoned in one cell.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Blending two worlds In April, the same team made headlines after developing the PoX 2D flash memory prototype, which achieved an extraordinary program speed of 400 picoseconds, the fastest semiconductor charge storage ever recorded.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • American literacy is also declining alongside the decay of humanities funding, and that’s been going on since the Regan Era.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Thousands of its elementary students are currently reading with the platform, according to Jennifer Begley, the district’s director of humanities.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Lead contamination in food products can pose serious health risks for humans, particularly among vulnerable groups such as infants and young children.
    Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Humankinds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humankinds. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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