as in human
looking or acting like a human being
humanoid robots The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.
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Recent Examples of humanoid
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
In Tesla’s 16 years as a public company, he’s driven the market cap up on a promise of humanoid robots and self-driving cars.
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Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Youyou Zhou,
Washington Post,
8 June 2026
Depending on their capabilities, the humanoids are expected to be trained to work in a variety of fields including industrial, medical, service and agriculture.
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New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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Adjective
The frail, gray humanoid figure greets Daniel and Margaret like old friends as they, and the world, stand in awe.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
In Tesla’s 16 years as a public company, he’s driven the market cap up on a promise of humanoid robots and self-driving cars.
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Morgan Brennan,harriet Taylor,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
Noun
Almost every top humanoid robotics company has launched a robot that can fold laundry.
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Youyou Zhou,
Washington Post,
8 June 2026
Depending on their capabilities, the humanoids are expected to be trained to work in a variety of fields including industrial, medical, service and agriculture.
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New Atlas,
25 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
Adjective
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Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel for ADF, pointed to Cross’s alleged experience as one of the human costs behind the legal fight.
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At the center of it all is Brent Charles’ sinewy Caius Martius Coriolanus, who runs through the play like a human scythe.
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Compelling characters, breathtaking action, beautiful environments, and an array of wondrous alien creatures.
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One of the earliest signs that the new Supergirl will be an uninspired slog is the overload of blobby alien dirtbags, grotesque creatures that look like they were refused admission to the Mos Eisley Cantina in the original Star Wars movie.
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That’s also when a Seattle gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin published a pale volume with a drawing of a loincloth-wearing hominid on the cover.
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These warblers now join Amazonian butterflies, cichlid fish in Africa, as well as our own hominid lineage, as exemplars of this process of evolutionary sharing.
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As officers moved inside, the suspect ran out the back of the building, where other officers stationed along a perimeter took the person into custody, police said.
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Sees another email that says that the person who's going to shut it down is having extramarital affair.
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In addition, a 2024 CDCR report finds that people who spent a year or longer in a fire camp have lower recidivism rates compared to fire camp-eligible individuals who did not participate in fire camps.
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While excess water-soluble B vitamins generally leave your body via urine, very high doses may increase the likelihood of side effects in sensitive individuals.
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Witnesses expressed shock over the incident, with one man arriving to his Walmart to shop and finding the parking lot covered in crime scene tape.
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But some have faced pushback, including when two Boise men faced the wrath of their homeowners association for replacing their grass with turf, in part to save water.
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Kids might be more entranced by the family-friendly Resort Pool and Winding River, the activities at the Reef Rangers Club, and the 500,000-gallon Under the Sea Lagoon that’s home to stingrays, reef fish, and Aldabra tortoises.
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The standout dinner order is the seafood paella, which arrives sizzling in a hot pan with shrimp, calamari, mussels, market fish, chorizo, and crispy bomba rice.
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Barrett's body was found in a ditch along Interstate 95 in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 24, 1980.
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Coupled with high humidity, conditions in some places are approaching the limits of human survivability — the point at which our bodies simply cannot adapt.
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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