as in lives
a member of the human race
we're all human beings, regardless of our differences
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Recent Examples of human beings
All of us are invited to choose to become better human beings and to show up at work and in the world with increasing love, kindness, courage and forgiveness.
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Mikhail Shneyder,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Live music has been in demand for thousands of years, and so long as there are human beings with a little bit of disposable income, there's money to be made.
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Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
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Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
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Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
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Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Mikhail Shneyder,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026
Live music has been in demand for thousands of years, and so long as there are human beings with a little bit of disposable income, there's money to be made.
—
Josh Brown,sean Russo,
CNBC,
2 July 2026
Haitian soldiers seasoned on American battlefields during the revolution later sparked Haiti’s overthrow of French colonial rule, depriving France of its most profitable slave colony and ending one of the most brutal enslavement of human beings in modern world history.
—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Throughout history, toxic males in many cultures have worked hard to limit women’s options, control their behavior and treat them as second-class human beings.
—
Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 June 2026
Labor unions, reformers, churches and ordinary citizens pushed back against an economic system that treated human beings as expendable.
—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
But the connections and the communion available to us, as human beings, are not limited to interacting with other human beings.
—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
By then, the Israeli government had wiped out roughly 2 percent of Gaza’s population—some 40,000 human beings.
—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
To be treated like human beings again would be the most helpful of all.
—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for human beings
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Death caused by intentional self-harm claimed 48,824 lives in 2024.
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Wednesday marked one year since an explosion at a Northern California fireworks facility killed seven workers and changed the lives of their families forever.
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America, whose Constitution was formulated by white men, struggled to live up to its founding ideals in the days of slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
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The Royals finished 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position (RISP) Thursday and left five men on base.
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Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
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Welcome back to Kick It, the AJC’s newsletter for all things World Cup.
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Look at how powerful Clayton and the front office have handled the pitching staff as guys go up and down.
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Great casting can make a show that much more revealing, and the guys walking it can help sell the fantasy on offer.
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Wynonna, with help from her younger sister, the town’s sheriff and an infamous Wild West gunslinger, must save her hometown from demons and other supernatural creatures.
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Earth-friendly, conscientious gardeners learn to slow down and pay attention — not only to plants but to the many creatures that share the garden.
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According to the accompanying letter, state ethics rules prohibit employees from accepting gifts of value from individuals who had been subjects of investigations.
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
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Then, over time, evolutionary processes emerged that let these cells change and diversify into many different types, decorating a barren world with all manner of strange beings.
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Since the attraction’s opening, the only living beings in this portion were a lone seagull and maybe a stray sea critter or two.
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This article was generated by the Bay Area Home Report Bot, software that analyzes home sales or other data and creates an article based on a template created by humans.
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While advocates for court reporters say humans can still do the job better than machines, the fact that many hearings occur without any official transcript at all has drawn concern from top state officials.
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