human contact
noun
: interaction with other people
She joined a book club to get a little human contact while the kids were in school.
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Some of them can go for a week with no human contact.
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Research has highlighted the important role regular human contact can play in reducing stress for shelter dogs.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Unlike pandas born in zoos, these rewilding candidates are born in large, semi-natural enclosures, raised entirely by their mothers, with minimal human contact.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
As back as 2006, a study published in the journal Physiology and Behavior identified a reduction in salivary cortisol levels among dogs who regularly engaged in human contact sessions.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Research has highlighted the important role regular human contact can play in reducing stress for shelter dogs.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Unlike pandas born in zoos, these rewilding candidates are born in large, semi-natural enclosures, raised entirely by their mothers, with minimal human contact.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
As back as 2006, a study published in the journal Physiology and Behavior identified a reduction in salivary cortisol levels among dogs who regularly engaged in human contact sessions.
—Jack Beresford, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Human contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20contact. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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