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Recent Examples of nonhuman
But playing a nonhuman character requires a different — or additional — calculation.
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Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 16 May 2025
And workers in many fields fear that AI – or robots, or other nonhuman hands – might sweep in to replace them.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 May 2025
The motif of changelings—of fairies taking a human child and leaving a nonhuman child in its place—comes up throughout the story.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Scientists earlier showed that Ronan, a resident of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was the first nonhuman mammal who could be trained to keep a beat, including moving in time with music.
—Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Vincent Tullo, New York Times, 16 May 2025
And workers in many fields fear that AI – or robots, or other nonhuman hands – might sweep in to replace them.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 May 2025
The motif of changelings—of fairies taking a human child and leaving a nonhuman child in its place—comes up throughout the story.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 May 2025
Scientists earlier showed that Ronan, a resident of the Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was the first nonhuman mammal who could be trained to keep a beat, including moving in time with music.
—Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
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This playing out in live-action would seem to require a huge budget, given that the entire series is essentially fighting giant monsters with inhuman powers.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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For the show’s robot protagonist, following its own inhuman desires is a much better option.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
5 July 2025
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Then there's the third converging factor, the acceleration of automation, which encompasses generative AI and robotic process automation (RPA).—
Jerry Cahn,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Surface Avatar — Jonny Kim worked with a laptop computer on the station and engineers on Earth to test different methods of driving robotic vehicles on planetary surfaces through remote access from orbit.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
25 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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Then a twist of fate and tragedy casts the subhuman nature of this treatment in a fresh light, and Alma, with a terrible new understanding, does what grown women for time immemorial have done.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhuman. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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