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The nine-episode epic began with Episode IV, but the adventures of Luke, Leia, Han, a pair of droids, and Darth Vader were actually introduced in the middle of the saga. Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025 Humanoid robot development and investment have exploded since Unitree’s dancing droids charmed a nationwide audience during the Spring Festival Gala earlier this year. Bloomberg, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025 The droid is over 5 feet tall and weighs over 150 pounds, according to AgiBot. Mason Leath, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2025 Researchers did acoustic analyses on samples of birds imitating the plucky droid that were already available online to compare how statistically similar each bird’s noises were to a model of R2-D2’s sounds. Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for droid

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of droid was in 1952

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“Droid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droid. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.

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