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
It kills jobs, equality, connection, democracy and maybe the human race.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
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
The greatest achievement of the human race was not conquering death.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
