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Recent Examples of nonhuman
Now, an international team of researchers has recovered the first ancient Yersinia pestis genome from a nonhuman host — a Bronze Age domesticated sheep that lived around 4,000 years ago in what is nowmodern-day Russia.
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
In Florida, raw milk can be sold only for nonhuman consumption, such as pet food, and containers of raw milk sold in the state must be clearly labeled that the raw milk is for animal consumption only.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
The exhibition also includes more recent efforts to provide for nonhuman wants and needs, such as metal scaffolds for coral reefs, skyscrapers for birds, and playthings for octopodes.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Soon, patients will have their blood sequenced to spot any nonhuman DNA that might signal an infectious disease.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
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Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
In Florida, raw milk can be sold only for nonhuman consumption, such as pet food, and containers of raw milk sold in the state must be clearly labeled that the raw milk is for animal consumption only.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
The exhibition also includes more recent efforts to provide for nonhuman wants and needs, such as metal scaffolds for coral reefs, skyscrapers for birds, and playthings for octopodes.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Soon, patients will have their blood sequenced to spot any nonhuman DNA that might signal an infectious disease.
—Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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The mission emphasized that detaining adolescents under such conditions amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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No prisoner shall be subjected to, and all prisoners shall be protected from, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The first mimics its real-life namesake by having a strong, flexible robotic arm.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Oct. 2025
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But the country is now building toward a robotic lunar lander to be launched by a homegrown rocket, with a grander vision of establishing a moon base by 2045 as part of a long-term exploration road map released by KASA in August.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So, yeah, there are Muslim terrorists, but they are also shown as people with lives and interests and not subhuman villains, which, umm, could’ve been worse.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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Yes, but: They were largely treated as subhuman and even lynched across the U.S. Here are five legal challenges that proved pivotal in demanding equality.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
22 May 2025
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhuman. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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