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looking or acting like a human being
humanoid robots The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth.
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Recent Examples of humanoid
Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 July 2025
In Japan, some hotels have humanoids at their front desks, and many other businesses simply don't need as many humans to function and perform exponentially better.
—Isabelita Castilho, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 July 2025
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Adjective
Titular strawberry picker Tita stands against the automation, enlisting a cleaning lady, construction worker and seamstress to fight back against the humanoids.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 July 2025
In Japan, some hotels have humanoids at their front desks, and many other businesses simply don't need as many humans to function and perform exponentially better.
—Isabelita Castilho, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
Weight: 57kg (125 lbs) Cost: Projected around $20,000 to $30,000 when produced at scale
Probably the most famous of the current batch of humanoid robots.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 July 2025
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But other Fountain Square residents and business owners believe the city waited far too long to close the Leonard Street camp, after months of complaints about human and animal waste, public intoxication and trespassing near a prime commercial district.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
31 July 2025
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Their hairs can also irritate human skin on contact.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
31 July 2025
Noun
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The rugged topography also provides plenty of places for creatures to hide.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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That’s bad news for creatures that are sensitive to temperature changes, like corals.—
Alex Harris
July 25,
Miami Herald,
25 July 2025
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Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate What goes for hominids, goes for canines.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The decision to stick around with the hominids proved lucrative.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
28 May 2025
Noun
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But erasing too much personal and private information from the internet could backfire as screening tools like Tofu use that information to verify you’re a real person.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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But such laws are only effective if the individual demonstrated warning signs so that others can alert law enforcement and initiate the process of revoking the person’s firearm, Chittum said.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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The images showed pairs of individuals, outlined by a heart, broadcast on Camping World Stadium’s giant screens.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
3 Aug. 2025
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Monitoring the employment-to-population ratio among prime-age individuals, aged 25 to 54, should signal when concern about the unemployment rate is warranted.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The sitcom, celebrating the seriously spooky family living among mere mortals, starred John Astin as Gomez Addams, Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams, Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester, Ted Cassidy as Lurch and Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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Her portrayal of Diana gives this Amazonian princess the proper regal bearing, but Gadot proves to have a wonderfully wry sense of humor as the character continues to be amazed at how weird male mortals are.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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After the three tragedies, authorities found the fourth brother, Fritz, and pulled him from fighting duties to prevent the family from losing all four men in the war.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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The wear and tear of a job that devours men in their 30s.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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The other seven include milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts and wheat.—
News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Falkland Islands exported $27.4 million of goods to the U.S. in 2023, the vast majority of which was non-fillet frozen fish, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity.—
Dan Mangan,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty,Sophie Kiderlin,Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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