as in people
a member of the human race
humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide
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Recent Examples of humans
Throughout the book, Adina sends faxes attempting to explain humans to her superiors on Planet Cricket Rice.
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
With money irrelevant in his vision for the future, Musk didn’t suggest how jobless humans will to feed and house themselves for decades longer—or even, forever.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
Will humans ever hibernate in the future?
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Vinegar is pretty overpowering, even to humans, so don’t overdo it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Throughout history, humans had been ruled by tyrants and armies, without their consent.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
With money irrelevant in his vision for the future, Musk didn’t suggest how jobless humans will to feed and house themselves for decades longer—or even, forever.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans.
—Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
Will humans ever hibernate in the future?
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 Jan. 2026
Vinegar is pretty overpowering, even to humans, so don’t overdo it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
Throughout history, humans had been ruled by tyrants and armies, without their consent.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humans
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The detention of at least five men in and around Minneapolis has sparked an outcry among Native American groups about Indigenous people being racially profiled as undocumented immigrants by federal immigration agents.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
16 Jan. 2026
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She’s been in business since the ’90s, and men honestly don’t have that many places to shop.—
Hannah Howard,
Midwest Living,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But no creatures are as synonymous with the Everglades as the alligators and crocodiles.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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What differs from living creatures is how the gelatin can heal.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Episode 3 ended with Ron, Eric Nam, Kristen Kish, and Caroline Stanbury all tied to trees and hilariously pleading for their lives while the Traitors and a masked executioner all just kind of stood there awkwardly.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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What happened next was the drive of Beck’s and the Hurricanes’ lives.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Along the way, the funny guys have also appeared in several TV shows and movies, including their own, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, in 2006.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Jan. 2026
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Hopefully, again, these are the types of trades that work out for both guys.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The real-life regulations on what color to paint your house, how short to cut your grass, and exactly where to put your garbage can on trash day make this suburb ripe for an outsider and her teenage daughter to come along and shake things up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Wolverines had a tough time getting things going against the high-pressure Sierra Canyon defense.—
Jack Gillespie,
Daily News,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Last summer, Republicans and Democrats on Oversight's Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee approved a motion to issue subpoenas to 10 individuals, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, for testimony related to their investigation into Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Alternatively, individuals can enter without making a purchase by filling out the free online entry form with all its required information, and as a result, secure one spin.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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No amount of criticism dissuaded him and his fans from believing that Earth has been visited repeatedly by beings from Outer Space, and will be again in the future.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The researchers argue that math may be one of the few things intelligent beings across the universe could genuinely share.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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Finally, the news came that at least 56 souls had been killed in the strikes.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Humans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humans. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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