as in human
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
New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
With billions of humanoid robots expected by 2050, innovations like these are setting the stage for a world where technology feels more human than ever before.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Compared to humanoids, industrial robots typically feature less advanced technology and perform less sophisticated tasks.
—John Liu, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Over the years, the Stig has been the enigmatic, faceless, genderless, shell of a humanoid test driver that only knows how to do one thing: go fast.
—New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025
With billions of humanoid robots expected by 2050, innovations like these are setting the stage for a world where technology feels more human than ever before.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, speaks about humanoids during the 2025 CES event in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2025.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Compared to humanoids, industrial robots typically feature less advanced technology and perform less sophisticated tasks.
—John Liu, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
Adjective
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But human activity is responsible for about 90% of all wildfires in the nation.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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Another team of scientists concluded this month that bonobo calls share a key trait with human speech.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, researchers encountered a clownish creature perched on a log in a fern meadow, basking in the sun.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2025
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There are no Jedis, no secrets about Darth Vader's past for Reddit sleuths to hunt down, no adorable creatures to slap on backpacks and lunchboxes.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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The spacecraft named after that ancient hominid is also exploring fossils, in the sense that asteroids are leftovers from the dawn of the solar system and can tell us much about Earth's origin, just as Lucy the fossil can tell us about human evolution.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Although plenty of evidence shows that multiple hominids occupied Earth at the same time, the footprints provide the most conclusive signs of more than one hominid species sharing a habitat.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
28 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The former vice president, who lost to Trump in the November election, will give her most extensive public remarks since leaving office during the keynote at the San Francisco gala, according to a person familiar with the program.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Ever since Donald Trump nominated Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense, critics have called the former Fox News weekend host the most underqualified person to ever hold the position.—
John Ficarra,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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In turn, this means that studying the effects of neuroplasticity has less to do with trying to identify whether the exact same neurons are being connected in different individuals, and more to do with looking for patterns that hint at some sort of underlying rules.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Creating a culture of fear by persecuting unpopular individuals and groups?—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Because of that treachery Castor was a pure mortal, but Pollux was a half god.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
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Because of that treachery Castor was a pure mortal, but Pollux was a half god.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Mac Engel Fort Worth Star-Telegram 817-390-7760 Mac Engel is an award-winning columnist who has covered sports since the dawn of man; Cowboys, TCU, Stars, Rangers, Mavericks, etc. Olympics.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
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Their names appeared on a list of more than 200 Venezuelan men held in the notorious prison, which is how their family found them.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Think berry parfaits, avocado toast, and housemade waffles for breakfast; and fresh salads, burgers, fish tacos, and shrimp & grits to round out the day and into the night.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have dabbled in fish skin options for their products; the practice itself has roots dating back centuries to multiple Indigenous groups across the globe.—
Gia Yetikyel,
Vogue,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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