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Recent Examples of nonhuman
Caroline specializes in nonhuman voices and writes stories that speak of tension, and is currently at work on a historical fiction novel set in Korea during the mid-1900s.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The drug also performed well in animal models, including mice and nonhuman primates, and showed no major safety concerns in an early human trial.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
In the previous decade, researchers had taught apes to use sign language to convey their thoughts and feelings, revealing that nonhuman primates are capable of grasping complex concepts, forming sentences, even initiating conversations.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Many Americans consider their cats, dogs, tortoises or other animals to be part of their family, and their spending on those nonhuman relatives is immense.
—Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The drug also performed well in animal models, including mice and nonhuman primates, and showed no major safety concerns in an early human trial.
—New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
In the previous decade, researchers had taught apes to use sign language to convey their thoughts and feelings, revealing that nonhuman primates are capable of grasping complex concepts, forming sentences, even initiating conversations.
—Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
Many Americans consider their cats, dogs, tortoises or other animals to be part of their family, and their spending on those nonhuman relatives is immense.
—Allison Anna Tait, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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Indeed, compared with the realistically creased faces and hangdog stares of the Cubs, the Boston fans behind them are closer to grotesques, an inhuman crush of caricatures.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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The synth-heavy soundtrack is back, nodding to the greed-is-good eighties while evoking both an ultra-contemporary cool and an inhuman chill.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This past holiday season, to keep up with the Black Friday and Christmas demand, the company added 30% capacity to its robotic fleet.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fincantieri’s industrial expertise, coupled with the Italian firm’s robotic platform, forms the base for this partnership.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Feb. 2026
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 19 Feb. 2026.
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