Examples of humankind in a Sentence
all humankind shares the desire for peace
perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe
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Eventually, humankind is harmed or possibly completely wiped out by AI to make as many paperclips as possible.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Of course, anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that no technology in the history of humankind has been the total solution.
—John Sviokla, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Columbus was an adherent of the twelfth-century Italian monk Joachim of Fiore, whose chronological template of God’s plan for humankind progressed in three stages of spiritual development.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
One obvious tragedy is humankind’s destruction of others and often our environment as a consequence of that freedom.
—Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Of course, anyone with an ounce of common sense knows that no technology in the history of humankind has been the total solution.
—John Sviokla, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Columbus was an adherent of the twelfth-century Italian monk Joachim of Fiore, whose chronological template of God’s plan for humankind progressed in three stages of spiritual development.
—Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
One obvious tragedy is humankind’s destruction of others and often our environment as a consequence of that freedom.
—Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Humankind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humankind. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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humankind
noun
hu·man·kind
ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd 
ˈyü-
Medical Definition
humankind
noun
hu·man·kind
ˈhyü-mən-ˌkīnd
ˈyü
ˈyü
: the human race
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