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humanize

[hyoo-muh-nahyz, yoo-] / ˈhju məˌnaɪz, ˈju- /
VERB
acculturate
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And so I said, “Well, let’s humanize these people.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

The show could help humanize tech titans, even those known for revolutionizing artificial intelligence and defense tech, said Mike Solana, Founders Fund’s Chief Marketing Officer, who hosts and narrates the game.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Moscatelli tries to humanize the capybaras so that real humans become more humane.

From Slate May 27, 2026

Then comes the pitch: pay to "humanize" the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

After a lovely visit to Maer a few weeks before the wedding, he told Emma that she would have to humanize him.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

Conservative lawmaker Evair de Melo said Flavio was "gradually introducing himself, including with a great deal of humility, acknowledging some of the mistakes his father may have made. This naturally humanizes his image."

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

The most notable addition to the story is a sequence depicting the Phantom’s humiliating past as part of a freak show—a clever innovation that slightly humanizes this opaque character.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

It humanizes the dog a little bit or makes them feel closer to their community, but it's a beautiful story to tell.

From Salon Feb. 9, 2025

As with many of superheroes, Cassie has a tragic back story and so on, a generic burden that Johnson’s palpably awkward charm humanizes.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2024

And it humanizes them—which is ironic, because they’re already human.”

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Both of these famous women have long fought to be humanized while also marketing an obscene amount of stuff to us.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

The nearly autonomous facility allows scientists to grow mammalian cells from genetically humanized mice remotely and monitor stainless-steel bioreactors in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The study, "Machine learning reveals prominent spontaneous behavioral changes and treatment efficacy in humanized and transgenic Alzheimer's disease models," appears in the November 26 issue of Cell Reports.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2024

Saoirse Ronan: I think she humanized the addiction story for me.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2024

The characters in Stowe’s story, though stereotypical, humanized enslaved Black people for white nineteenth-century readers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Brilliant, elusive and charming when he wants to be, Hannibal may have come closer than any other cultural icon to humanizing this tribe of dietary renegades.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

“I think what my films are about is that search for my grandfather’s dentures, the humanizing narrative that bridges the gap between us and them and arrives at we,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2026

Instead of featuring humanizing details of extremists, stories focused more on the material harm experienced by the people extremists target.

From Salon Apr. 6, 2026

"Your AI text is humanizing," the site claimed, leading to a page where "100% unique text" was locked behind a paywall charging up to $9.99.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

Tats joins me at a study carrel as I’m reviewing arguments against humanizing Caliban.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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