human beings

Example Sentences

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“It helps develop souls to be fully fledged human beings who feel like they can go off into the world and be the best versions of themselves,” Groban says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Or will “robots with no hearts dominate human beings with no agency?”

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“There’s something to our experience as human beings that makes us want to respond.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

An American court can order their return, but as a practical matter, these human beings have essentially been disappeared.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Put another way: To create a billion-dollar CDO composed solely of triple-B-rated subprime mortgage bonds, you needed to lend $50 billion in cash to actual human beings.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis