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Recent Examples of nonhuman
None of this tells us that nonhuman apes can’t coöperate.
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Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
In his rejection of a rigid empiricism, moreover, Kingsley left room for intuitive and imaginative approaches to nature, and indeed to science, and refused to draw a hard line between human and nonhuman experience, instead viewing all creatures as belonging to a spectrum with no sharp boundaries.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
All living things—human and nonhuman, massive and miniscule—are part of Earth, creating and coevolving over time.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Dec. 2024
Maybe so, considering that neuroscience research is increasingly suggesting that joy and positive emotions play a critical role in the health of both human and nonhuman animals.
—Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
In his rejection of a rigid empiricism, moreover, Kingsley left room for intuitive and imaginative approaches to nature, and indeed to science, and refused to draw a hard line between human and nonhuman experience, instead viewing all creatures as belonging to a spectrum with no sharp boundaries.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 29 Jan. 2025
All living things—human and nonhuman, massive and miniscule—are part of Earth, creating and coevolving over time.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 12 Dec. 2024
Maybe so, considering that neuroscience research is increasingly suggesting that joy and positive emotions play a critical role in the health of both human and nonhuman animals.
—Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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The idea the director had proposed to Laura, once they’d been put in touch by a photography student of his at Parsons for whom Laura had done a bit of writing, was to shoot the film from the vantage point of an inhuman and ubiquitous force.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Mahmoud described the conditions as inhuman and unprofessional, saying he was shoved and kicked by prison guards and police inside the Russian Compound, where he was held.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Super Heavy booster successfully returned to its launch site and settled onto the tower’s robotic arms.—
Denise Chow,
NBC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Cardiologists were unable to obtain catheter supplies, and other surgeons could not get robotic supplies, Koenig wrote in her July report.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The individuals and groups committing these acts are subhuman.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Feb. 2025
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Yet today’s LLMs are distinctly subhuman in their ability to absorb and understand large quantities of information.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Nonhuman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonhuman. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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