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Recent Examples of nonhuman
Will listening to nonhuman animals inspire greater protection for the more-than-human world?
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David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
According to Jaime Banks, an associate professor at Syracuse University who studies the relationships between humans and social technologies — artificial intelligence, social robots, video game characters — people have been forming meaningful bonds with nonhuman entities for a long time.
—Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Colossal described it as the most complete sequencing ever done on an extinct nonhuman animal, mapping the thylacine’s genes with more than ninety-nine-per-cent accuracy.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
While most scientists have long abandoned this view, researchers have not identified a definitive test for the capacity to feel pain in any nonhuman animal.
—Bob Fischer, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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David Gruber, Time, 24 Apr. 2025
According to Jaime Banks, an associate professor at Syracuse University who studies the relationships between humans and social technologies — artificial intelligence, social robots, video game characters — people have been forming meaningful bonds with nonhuman entities for a long time.
—Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Colossal described it as the most complete sequencing ever done on an extinct nonhuman animal, mapping the thylacine’s genes with more than ninety-nine-per-cent accuracy.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
While most scientists have long abandoned this view, researchers have not identified a definitive test for the capacity to feel pain in any nonhuman animal.
—Bob Fischer, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonhuman
Adjective
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That difficult Apostolic Journey was a balm on the open wounds of the Iraqi people, who had suffered so much from the inhuman actions of ISIS.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2025
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In these seemingly inhuman terrains, the figure coyly persists: a woman’s profile appears along the sheer side of a craggy peak; another’s eye peeks out from a crevasse.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Tianwen 2 marks another step forward in China's ever-advancing, ever-ambitious robotic exploration program.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
29 May 2025
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Though he’s filmed hundreds of interviews, Evans still looks a touch robotic on camera.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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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 5 Jun. 2025.
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