as in human
looking or acting like a human being
humanoid robots The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.
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Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
Advertisement While the technology needed for adaptive humanoid robots is not yet fully mature, whichever country deploys robots faster will collect more data, which in turn unlocks better deployment.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
The fervor for still-nascent humanoids is a sign of what’s to come for physical AI.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Meanwhile, virtual modeling and, albeit to a lesser extent, humanoid robotics are slowly breaking through the uncanny valley — our instinctive distrust of things that look and act almost like human beings but not quite.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
Advertisement While the technology needed for adaptive humanoid robots is not yet fully mature, whichever country deploys robots faster will collect more data, which in turn unlocks better deployment.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
For its next mission, Gemini asked Jonathan to retrieve Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
The fervor for still-nascent humanoids is a sign of what’s to come for physical AI.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
Adjective
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This approach improves transparency and trust in autonomous systems that increasingly operate without direct human supervision.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ro Reddick’s Reagan-era caper-cum-bildungsroman, which had its premiere at last year’s Summerworks and recently took home the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, is a heightened, slippery creature.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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But Vanek also has people round their back into turtle pose, using humming breaths to connect with vibration-sensing creatures, and using the outstretched arms of some poses to greet new snake visitors.—
Deena Prichep,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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Cave art in this area is often used as another marker of the exceptional nature of hominids, and this discovery added another element to knowledge of early burials: the use of stones carried from elsewhere to build a tumulus over the body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Can America’s mom also be a three-dimensional person who makes her own mistakes?—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Police released an image captured from a surveillance video showing a person wearing dark clothes and a backpack, with their face covered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
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Of the 3,428 names on Forbes' list, three individuals and families in the Pittsburgh area were included on the list.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both the Point Loma Nazarene men’s and women’s basketball teams will be playing in the NCAA Division II West Regionals this week.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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LeBron James, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are still searching for their three-man chemistry.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Even the salads are worth notice, which is something not often said about a fish camp.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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More fatty fish isn't necessarily a cure-all either, Grasso noted.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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The last of three men linked to the May 2023 slaying of a Little Rock man whose body was found in some bushes has been sentenced to eight years in prison.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Brad Marchand and Sam Reinhart did not play Tuesday, with Marchand out long-term and possibly for the rest of the season with the possibility of surgery for a lower-body injury being determined this week.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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