humankind

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“Dragons do not feel loneliness. That is an emotion for humankind. And perhaps some of the weaker dryads.”

From Literature

We’re not rooting for her or her internet brain-rotted captors and ultimately, we leave the film barely rooting for humankind’s survival.

From Los Angeles Times

Though Stoics believed themselves part of a cosmopolis—a polity of all humankind—it was nonetheless Marcus’ duty to stop those with “simpler minds” from harming that community, writes Mr. Stephens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neven reels off the ways he believes this Willow quantum chip will be used "to help with many problems that humankind has now".

From BBC

But it does hint strongly at extraterrestrial visitors being revealed to humankind with a tagline: "If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?"

From BBC