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android

[an-droid] / ˈæn drɔɪd /
ADJECTIVE
manlike
Synonyms


NOUN
droid
Synonyms


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Hirokazu Kore-eda directs this muddled film about grieving parents who adopt an android copy of their dead son.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Another element of the plot, which grows in prominence as the film proceeds, concerns the banding together of the handful of android children in the neighborhood.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Sony is halting sales of its robotic puppy "aibo" in Japan, the company said, eight years after the latest model of its interactive android pet became an instant hit.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

When audiences last saw Vision, the reconstructed android had just regained his memories and, presumably, his sentience, before flying off into the unknown.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 2, 2026

The android had two arms, two legs, and the basic shape of a young, athletic human being.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The iPhone might be with us until the end of time, or until we ourselves become androids.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Now, tech entrepreneurs are trying to convince us that a world in which humans and androids share living spaces is just around the corner.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 6, 2025

We are already familiar with cyborgs and the use of artificial intelligence androids, or synths, which we’ve seen time and time again in each movie.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2025

The filmmaker, whose film stars Will Smith as a detective sceptical of seemingly obedient androids, accused Musk of copying his work in a post on X.

From BBC Oct. 14, 2024

The whole mess with my parents thinking androids are people and people are androids?

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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