species

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as in kind
a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome

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as in world
human beings in general the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population

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“Species.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/species. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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