as in human
looking or acting like a human being
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Recent Examples of humanoid
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Muñoz also plugged the company’s plans to build a new army of humanoid Atlas robots to help supplement human labor in its Georgia assembly facility.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest frontier in the race to dominate advanced technology.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Published in Microsystems and Nanoengineering, the study presents the development of a novel omnidirectional soft bending sensor tailored for humanoid dexterous hands to facilitate posture perception in delicate manipulation tasks.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Muñoz also plugged the company’s plans to build a new army of humanoid Atlas robots to help supplement human labor in its Georgia assembly facility.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
In the Tim Burton–directed gothic fantasy-romance the actor quite literally portrays a humanoid with scissor blades for hands.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026
With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest frontier in the race to dominate advanced technology.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
Adjective
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Rather like Indian gurus in nineteen-sixties hippie culture, the Jews were assumed to be repositories of every kind of mystical and human elevation.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts snapped thousands of photos during their historic pass around the moon, shot video and recorded their personal observations to give researchers insights based on the color sensitivity of the human eye.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Clements said the mistaken identification may have happened because the creature decomposed and lost its telltale shell before it was fossilized, complicating identification.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Artists are often secretive creatures, hesitant to disclose too much, and none more so than Marcel Duchamp, who spun slipperiness into an art form.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Many hominids went extinct during this period, and being able to consume alcohol without adverse and/or toxic effects would have conferred a survival advantage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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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.—
David Toews,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Update your emergency kit and be sure to include enough food and water to last for 3 days for each person in your home.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Moments later, the person in the video drove away, leaving the kittens behind but one man quickly stepped in.—
Chelsea Jones,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Swank is also the chief development officer with Job One KC, an organization providing employment opportunities and community services for individuals with disabilities.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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He is accused of shooting Afghan man Dad Mohammad three times in the head in an Uruzgan province wheatfield in May 2012.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Another key starter has announced their plans to return to TCU men’s basketball next season.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The latter’s rotating seasonal menu features crudo, chowders, and salads, as well as entrée mainstays like steak, chicken, fish, and pasta.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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As well as her most recognizable fish, a whole, butterflied white fish, beautifully charred on the grill and painted with both red adobo and a garlic-parsley rub.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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But like so many of his teammates, his body finally told him his season had to finish early.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Independence voters selected Cody Atkinson and Jackie Dorman in Tuesday’s election to join the seven-seat body, which includes six council members and the mayor.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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