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Recent Examples of humanlike
Film, vibration, sound and light converge around a faceless, humanlike figure moving through shifting states of existence.
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Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Through teleoperation, the robot demonstrates precise, humanlike hand control in a variety of manipulation tasks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2026
The company claims Moya can replicate human micro-expressions, a feature that places it among the most humanlike robots currently under development.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Feb. 2026
Still, more information about the lower body is needed to learn exactly where the species fits into the evolution of humanlike posture and gait.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2026
To some, Aschenbrenner is a rare genius who saw the moment—the coming of humanlike artificial general intelligence, China’s accelerating AI race, and the vast fortunes awaiting those who move first—more clearly than anyone else.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanlike
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Further out on Pichai’s horizon are goals like bringing humanoid robots into every home; launching data centers into space; and accelerating quantum computing, which could lead to breakthroughs in cancer treatment and climate modeling.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The growing fleet is accelerating development by generating large-scale data for Helix, the company’s humanoid AI model, while enabling real-world deployment across research, commercial, and domestic use cases, according to a blog by Figure.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Say that a human life is a metaphysical experiment—though one that, by and large, refuses to think of itself as such.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Franklin’s post, which included a time lapse of her artistic process, accrued hundreds of comments praising her work as well as the film’s decision to hire a human artist for the project.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Over ten million years ago, long before the human species existed, our hominid ancestors adapted to metabolize alcohol.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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The team used laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MS), a technique that uses direct micro-scale sampling to provide high-precision elemental and isotope analyses of solid materials, to scan Neanderthal molars and other hominid fossils.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Humanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanlike. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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