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
Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025
Clone Robotics is not the only company chasing practical humanoid robots.
—Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Tesla analysts are more focused on the company's future ambitions — including the development of its Optimus humanoid — than its past financial performance, according to Evercore ISI analyst Chris McNally.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Its mechanical legs resemble a Star Wars stormtrooper while its humanoid design, featuring extended coil arms and over-resilient survival adaptability, is both awesome and a little frightening — mankind’s extinction made cute.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 Feb. 2025
Clone Robotics is not the only company chasing practical humanoid robots.
—Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
This hilarious half-hour of TV follows an alien (Alan Tudyk) who crash-lands outside a small Colorado town while on a mission to kill all humanoids.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Tesla analysts are more focused on the company's future ambitions — including the development of its Optimus humanoid — than its past financial performance, according to Evercore ISI analyst Chris McNally.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humanoid
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The observatory will create a map of the sky in 102 colors of infrared light, which is invisible to the human eye and ideal for studying stars and galaxies.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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These volunteers have been too ill or were otherwise ineligible for a human organ transplant.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Beyond the obvious significance of subverting traditional power dynamics and placing the mic in her fans’ hands, the most unbelievable part of the evening was Gaga dancing among us to her album, totally blending in with her fellow black-clad, sunglass-wearing nightlife creatures.—
James Factora,
Them,
6 Mar. 2025
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As for pushing the creature out of her home, that's when Fonda got hands on.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, no fossil records indicate that any nonhuman hominids ever lived in North America.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Though not the first animal sent to space, Ham was the first hominid – any species including humans in the great ape category – to make it there.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Serving this warrant with a copy of the Affidavit, and making the search and if the person or property to be found there, to seize the person or the property and hold for safekeeping until further order of this court.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2021, William Shatner became the oldest person to travel into space, at the age of 90, on a Blue Origin flight.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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Yet Schwarz insists the movement isn’t focused on any single individual – neither Trump nor billionaire Elon Musk, who now oversees the Department of Government Efficiency.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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The union accused one individual of lowering his shoulder to slam into the officer.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The character combines the entitlement of Brice in No Way Out and the alienation from normal human behavior that becomes a comic spectacle in The Birdcage with a level of darkness that wouldn’t be out of place in a David Lynch production about evil forces possessing mortals.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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But Reagan—and her family—inhabit a different realm than us mortals.—
Maya Silver,
Outside Online,
12 Feb. 2025
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Cincinnati utility man Spencer Steer could potentially begin the 2025 season on the injured list.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Chris Taylor is in the final year of his deal and still guaranteed at least $17 million, and Roberts has continued to talk up Taylor’s value as a utility man even if that appears slightly redundant.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
3 Mar. 2025
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The current design incorporates a series of rocks to effectively block fish from passing through.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Feb. 2025
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Regularly eating fish, like salmon, has been shown to be effective for building muscle mass and gaining strength.—
Jillian Kubala, RD,
Health,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Humanoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanoid. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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