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Recent Examples of nonhuman
The data available for these vaccine candidates varies; some do not have animal testing data, while others have had promising findings in nonhuman primates, but clinical-grade material for testing in humans is not yet available.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
—Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
To investigate whether this understanding extends to nonhuman agents, researchers compared infants’ responses to a human and a humanoid robot.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Outbreaks typically develop in areas of Africa, starting in species like antelope, fruit bats and nonhuman primates.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors.
—Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
To investigate whether this understanding extends to nonhuman agents, researchers compared infants’ responses to a human and a humanoid robot.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
Outbreaks typically develop in areas of Africa, starting in species like antelope, fruit bats and nonhuman primates.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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Some combination of its audio quality, breathiness, cadence, and intonation just hits me as squarely inhuman.—
Ruben Circelli,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2026
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After all, Mother is inhuman and consumes brain fluid, hinting at a parasitic nature.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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During the exercise, robotic dogs performed triage assessments of combat injuries.—
Zita Ballinger Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Their technology, christened the Liquid Metal Magnetohydrodynamic Actuator (LIMA) pump, is a miniature soft pump designed to replace bulky compressors and rigid pumping systems that currently limit soft robotic technologies.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 June 2026
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So, yeah, there are Muslim terrorists, but they are also shown as people with lives and interests and not subhuman villains, which, umm, could’ve been worse.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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Yes, but: They were largely treated as subhuman and even lynched across the U.S. Here are five legal challenges that proved pivotal in demanding equality.—
Shawna Chen,
Axios,
22 May 2025
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhuman. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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