human race
Example Sentences
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For his part, Musk describes his martian ambitions as key to the long-term survival of the human race.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
"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
To be fair, Carol was irritated by the human race long before the alien virus converted them into worker bees.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
But in 2024, Saad began pushing the notion that empathy has become a “cancer” because it allegedly has no “stopping mechanism” and will eventually kill its host — the human race.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025
My wound went deep; I felt that I had been slapped out of the human race.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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