human race
Example Sentences
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"It is just down to me now. I am a bit like Doctor Who, in that it is all down to me to save the human race."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Musk describes that ambition as essential to the long-term survival of the human race, though most experts see it as being at least decades away.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
In 2052, a celebrated neuroscientist invents an affordable panacea for suffering that’s soon embraced by the entire human race.
From Salon • Dec. 19, 2025
It’s a quintessential Joan Didion image: She imagines the day after the human race is gone, capturing both apocalyptic self-annihilation and wonder at the tremendous efforts we make to do something meaningful with our time.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
You’ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
