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android

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


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"It was really awful, being dressed down by the captain," said Brent Spiner, who played Data, the android.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Now with HBO’s “Lanterns,” she adds an all-powerful galactic android to her acting resume.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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

Each human model and their shorter android companion took turns to strut their stuff in unison on stage.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

“Do you think I’m an android? Is that it?”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

Do androids dream of electric balls and strikes—plus some other questions on baseball’s Opening Day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

Besides Fanning’s, the only other mug copied on the dozens of Weyland-Yutani androids working under Tessa is that of fellow actor Cameron Brown.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2025

From the Skywalkers’ fussy protocol droid C-3PO to Hera Syndulla’s cranky astromech Chopper, lovable androids are a “Star Wars” signature.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 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

“Chewing and swallowing can be a mechanical process. And the whatnot designers—they created androids that look like they are eating and swallowing and digesting food like a normal human child.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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