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Recent Examples of nonhuman
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.
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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Guidelines, like the requirement of providing enrichment in enclosures, aim to better the lives of nonhuman primates.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2025
An evolution already came this spring with The Electric State, a Russo brothers Netflix movie with Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown, filled with all manner of robots and nonhuman creatures.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 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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Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Guidelines, like the requirement of providing enrichment in enclosures, aim to better the lives of nonhuman primates.
—Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2025
An evolution already came this spring with The Electric State, a Russo brothers Netflix movie with Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown, filled with all manner of robots and nonhuman creatures.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 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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United Nations human rights experts have said such agreements have left people stranded in faraway places, arbitrarily detained for years on end, and at risk of torture and other inhuman treatment.—
Juan A. Lozano,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Basketball is a merciless taskmaster, demanding an almost inhuman tally of hours to perfect.—
Devon Henderson,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The couple married in 2019 in a ceremony officiated by Sutskever at OpenAI’s offices, with a robotic hand serving as ring bearer.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Having a robotic bear, rabbit, chicken or fox the size of a refrigerator coming after you in the dark was truly terrifying.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Sep. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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