as in lives
a member of the human race
we're all human beings, regardless of our differences
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Recent Examples of human beings
Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Carrying this dual way of writing and naming forward, by the late 1950s, Carson’s ever-expanding ecological thinking would lead her to consider the place of human beings in this web of relationships.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
These Richmondian revolutions, performed by human beings, had predictably human results.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
—Tom Debley, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Carrying this dual way of writing and naming forward, by the late 1950s, Carson’s ever-expanding ecological thinking would lead her to consider the place of human beings in this web of relationships.
—Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
These Richmondian revolutions, performed by human beings, had predictably human results.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
When human beings sit around a table together to eat, something shifts.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
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Windham’s mother said her son’s death upended their lives and left the family devastated, according to the District Attorney’s Office.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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But far more lives have probably been saved by basic hygiene and clean water that prevent them in the first place.—
Michael J. Coren,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Canada has an 8-0 advantage in shots on goal; meanwhile, Qatar is down to 10 men after a red card, the fifth of the tournament so far.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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That's when two men jumped in, and fists started flying.—
Joy Benedict,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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And as things like broadcast quality and stadium design become more and more homogenised, making every tournament look more and more similar, kit design is more and more important to their visual identity.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Some things — Shar Peis, linen pants, prunes — are just supposed to have wrinkles.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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They were written by a bunch of guys in powdered wigs and knee socks.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
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Your memoir reframed Black Sabbath less as mythology and more as four working-class guys trying to survive life in Birmingham.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
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From a biodiversity standpoint, due to the warm waters, Kenya has everything from beautiful nudibranchs (colorful small creatures) to enormous whale sharks and manta rays, with everything in-between.—
Judy Koutsky,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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There are also hopper toys that defy the typical ball design in favor of whimsical animals and mythical creatures.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Inside Ecole National Republique de Colombie in the Turgeau neighborhood where 1,246 individuals live in squalor, residents uprooted by gangs described lives defined by deepening hunger and increasingly inhumane conditions.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Crucially, investigators noted this journal contained a target list of 46 individuals, including politicians and celebrities.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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Long before scientists understood solar wind or magnetism, people associated auroras with spirits, omens, warriors, or celestial beings.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
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In Hawaiian culture, menehune are small beings known for mischief and building in the dark of night.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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The rich sensory innervation has led to its classification, in some people, as an erogenous zone; zoologist Desmond Morris famously speculated in The Naked Ape (1967) that earlobes evolved precisely as an additional zone of sensitivity to facilitate pair bonding in humans.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Human beings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/human%20beings. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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