human beings

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Fair enough, but mosquitoes do convey an enormous disease burden, as vectors, to human beings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Cindy may be the opposite of a sybarite, but she knows something about how human beings morph over time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

What matters to me the most is human beings, people.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

While Freud, Mr. Phillips tells us, describes human beings “as driving the horse in the direction the horse wants to go,” Rorty “wants us to wonder what are better alternative descriptions.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

When did human beings start creating works of art?

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson