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Recent Examples of nonhuman
The data available for these vaccine candidates varies; some do not have animal testing data, while others have had promising findings in nonhuman primates, but clinical-grade material for testing in humans is not yet available.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
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Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
To investigate whether this understanding extends to nonhuman agents, researchers compared infants’ responses to a human and a humanoid robot.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
Outbreaks typically develop in areas of Africa, starting in species like antelope, fruit bats and nonhuman primates.
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Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
—
Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
To investigate whether this understanding extends to nonhuman agents, researchers compared infants’ responses to a human and a humanoid robot.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
Outbreaks typically develop in areas of Africa, starting in species like antelope, fruit bats and nonhuman primates.
—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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Some combination of its audio quality, breathiness, cadence, and intonation just hits me as squarely inhuman.
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After all, Mother is inhuman and consumes brain fluid, hinting at a parasitic nature.
Adjective
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The funding comes through SpaceWERX’s Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) program and will support development of the company’s robotic additive manufacturing platform for producing extreme-environment materials.
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By crafting a revenge mission driven by a canine companion, but without fleshing out the emotions behind it, the movie ends up robotic in its unfurling.
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.
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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.
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhuman. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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