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humanity

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




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Rather, Meeks merely asks us to clock the humanity in our every minute of observing Cody, to recognize what struggling looks like whether we “know” someone going through it or not.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 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

That is not necessarily a bad thing; it is a badge and connection of our inner humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Musk was characteristically optimistic: His goal is to make humanity a multi-planetary species.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

To Moody, it was a fascinating psychological study, every episode another example of just how strange humanity could be.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Participants choose between three types of programming: STEM, business fundamentals and a humanities course.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The federal government’s prospective disinvestment in the sciences has long been the status quo for the humanities, with corporate foundations and private philanthropy providing the main funding sources.

From Salon Jul. 28, 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

His point wasn’t that all humanities scholarship was worthless, but that an article could gain academic approval by sounding sophisticated while flattering the editors’ ideological commitments.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Most things that seem ridiculous to me are normal there, like when my humanities teacher asked, “Who are the invisible people in our community? Who are the people we, as a society, take for granted?”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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