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Recent Examples of nonhuman
This, the Great Chain said, was the domain inhabited by nonhuman animals.
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Ryan Huling, Time, 7 May 2026
Layoffs directly attributable to AI, where human roles are explicitly replaced with some form of nonhuman labor, remain relatively rare.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
Their ceremonies are based on interacting with nonhuman persons.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
The frontal lobe occupies about 40% of the brain, was the last to evolve, and is much larger than that of our nonhuman primate relatives.
—Anand Kumar, STAT, 21 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Huling, Time, 7 May 2026
Layoffs directly attributable to AI, where human roles are explicitly replaced with some form of nonhuman labor, remain relatively rare.
—Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
Their ceremonies are based on interacting with nonhuman persons.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2026
The frontal lobe occupies about 40% of the brain, was the last to evolve, and is much larger than that of our nonhuman primate relatives.
—Anand Kumar, STAT, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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After all, Mother is inhuman and consumes brain fluid, hinting at a parasitic nature.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Perfection is inhuman, and pretensions to it are both doomed and misbegotten.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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Blue Origin is gearing up to send a robotic prototype of the vehicle, called Blue Moon Mark 1, to the lunar surface later this year, to demonstrate the vehicle’s capabilities.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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Three days ago, Blue Origin also won a major contract to carry two robotic landers to the moon for NASA on missions scheduled to launch later this year.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
29 May 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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