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
Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 May 2025
Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory.
—Russell Brandom, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Anton Alikov, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
There’s a lot of crossover here with the goals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge for humanoid robots, except IIT’s system is arguably much more realistically deployable than any of those humanoids are, at least in the near term.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The short clip features a humanoid robot malfunctioning, flailing its appendages wildly, and getting almost too close for comfort to two humans working on it.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 May 2025
Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/Getty Images Later this year, Boston Dynamics plans to put its all-electric humanoid Atlas robot to work in a Hyundai factory.
—Russell Brandom, Wired News, 1 May 2025
Noun
As humanoids become more sophisticated, public interest is likely to only increase.
—Anton Alikov, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
There’s a lot of crossover here with the goals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge for humanoid robots, except IIT’s system is arguably much more realistically deployable than any of those humanoids are, at least in the near term.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
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The solution automates logistical tasks — like product seeding and performance tracking — while its team focuses on the human side of community-building, ensuring creators feel supported and motivated to champion the brand.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
5 May 2025
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But sometimes statistics are no match for the human spirit.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
Noun
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Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more than 500 million years ago.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
17 May 2025
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They are set upon by one of Eudoxia’s five sons and his warband of mutant creatures – half-man, half-animal abominations created by the former Empress as part of her many diabolical experiments.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Researchers believe this event was a final trigger in making the Sahara a desert, maybe even driving early hominids out of Africa some 10 to 7 million years ago.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The spacecraft named after that ancient hominid is also exploring fossils, in the sense that asteroids are leftovers from the dawn of the solar system and can tell us much about Earth's origin, just as Lucy the fossil can tell us about human evolution.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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The raid at the unidentified health care executive’s home was authorized by a judge after a person phoned in a tip to the FBI, according to the affidavit.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2025
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The Clinic notes that a person is more likely to develop alopecia if there is a family history of the condition or if family members have other autoimmune diseases like lupus or thyroid disease.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
10 May 2025
Noun
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These individuals often wrestled with whether to call off the wedding, all while imagining how life might look both with and without their current partner.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 May 2025
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Food is presented as a pathway to healing, meaning not only the health of individuals but also spiritually revitalizing First Nations people by reconnecting them with their roots.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Adjusting to the professional game takes time for most mortals; thus, there will be several losses before the wins start rolling in.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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Cannes offers up so many memories for even us lowly mortals.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
14 May 2025
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Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?—
Jesse Hassenger,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Think berry parfaits, avocado toast, and housemade waffles for breakfast; and fresh salads, burgers, fish tacos, and shrimp & grits to round out the day and into the night.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have dabbled in fish skin options for their products; the practice itself has roots dating back centuries to multiple Indigenous groups across the globe.—
Gia Yetikyel,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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