humanity
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In a 1789 letter to a friend, he railed against the attempt to divide humanity into “white, black, yellow, copper-red,” asking “who thinks nowadays in such outdated concepts?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Beijing has been accused of detaining more than a million Uyghurs and other Muslims since 2017, part of a campaign that the United Nations previously said could constitute crimes against humanity.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
I have a lot of hope in humanity, in that case.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"Simply the greatest event that humanity, that mankind, has ever seen".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
It’s called a crime against humanity because all humans co-own the responsibility never to forget it.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Vocabulary lists containing humanity
John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961
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