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
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
Arc Raiders is an extraction shooter game set on a futuristic Earth that has been overrun by hostile machines and the human race run underground.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
In comingling everyone’s knowledge and expertise, including that of the hundreds of millions who don’t survive the changeover, the new, singularly minded human race operates under the firm belief that it has found true happiness.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025
It became his earnest wish to be declared the type specimen for Homo sapiens–that is, that his bones would be the official set for the human race.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
