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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
Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree Robotics – have become early adopters of Nvidia’s humanoid robot technologies.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Dylan Butts,victoria Yeo, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
And future projections seem to be based on an extraordinarily broad interpretation of jobs that a capable, efficient, and safe humanoid robot—which does not currently exist—might conceivably be able to do.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
For example, Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree Robotics – have become early adopters of Nvidia’s humanoid robot technologies.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
Two humanoid robots are on display at the China Mobile booth at the Mobile World Conference in Shanghai on June 19, 2025.
—Dylan Butts,victoria Yeo, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
And future projections seem to be based on an extraordinarily broad interpretation of jobs that a capable, efficient, and safe humanoid robot—which does not currently exist—might conceivably be able to do.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
Adjective
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Therefore, human accessibility experts and user testers with disabilities must always be kept in the loop.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The process starts with stem cells derived from human adipose (fat) tissue that is ethically sourced from a research lab in Texas (the people donating the tissue are healthy, consenting adults getting liposuction).—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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This includes the eyeball alien that’s possessed the sheep, a rapidly growing Xenomorph, and large, flying bug-like creatures that have made a little hive for themselves.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of skeletal creatures were lying on bunks unable to move, while dead bodies were piled in heaps all around the camp, reeking of putrefaction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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Small, hairy hominids emerge — but the twist is that Superman must protect these Mole Men from the prairie mob who want to shoot the outsiders on sight.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 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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For a person with asthma or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or bronchitis and emphysema), this means coughing, wheezing, or a feeling of suffocation, or even a trip to the emergency room.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Team president Chris Drury and coach Mike Sullivan addressed reporters Wednesday from the MSG Training Center for the first time in person since Sullivan’s May 8 introductory press conference.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2025
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The scam allegedly raked in millions of dollars from more than 1,000 victims, who were primarily elderly individuals.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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During the upcoming hearing, parties are expected to discuss a motion that asks the court to dismiss all claims against the mobile home park and against Lopez as an individual.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s set in a land split in two – Starside is where the magical, powerful immortals live, and Stormside is where mortals scramble for even just a taste of that magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Trent Williams looked like a mortal in Week 1 and had a noticeable limp on Wednesday.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The request also came on the same day a man drove a car into the gates of an FBI building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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Just why that’s the case— when the two men have such different political backgrounds and perspectives — continues to defy logic.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Submit a photo and information about each fish to qualify.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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The menu is global and playful, yet reliable, with some classic North American restaurant staples (hummus, $21, fish tacos, $23 for two, and Cajun blackened chicken, $39) and some Asian and Latin American inspired dishes (sake glazed Chilean seabass, $51, truffle udon carbonara, $27).—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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