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humanity

[hyoo-man-i-tee, yoo-] / hjuˈmæn ɪ ti, ju- /




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Creator Vince Gilligan’s Emmy-nominated postapocalyptic sci-fi series “Pluribus” focuses on a dozen or so people who somehow held onto their autonomy and did not join the rest of humanity as a collective, single-minded pod.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

"I think that the transatlantic slave trade was the greatest crime against humanity, and ancestors also took part as players in that trade," says the king.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

The observation marks the first time humanity has recorded Earth disappearing behind another object from the surface of a different planet.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The 101-page complaint says the restrictions "cause grave damage to the ability to bring to justice the perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity."

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Presentiments are strange things! and so are sympathies; and so are signs; and the three combined make one mystery to which humanity has not yet found the key.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

While this push to redirect the country’s scientific research has incited alarm, reactions to interventions in the historical humanities have been more muted.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

An additional 1,600, including those in humanities, social sciences and arts, later joined to argue that verbal reasoning and writing skills were lacking too.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The multi-day exam, which began Sunday, drills test-takers on subjects including Chinese, mathematics, English, science and the humanities -- with the tallied scores to be released later this month.

From Barron's Jun. 7, 2026

Under the new arrangements, arts GCSEs will be given equal status, external to humanities and languages.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Deep down, I do think I’m smarter than those twelve NO votes in humanities class last week.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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