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as in humanoid
resembling a human in shape or form They were on the lookout for the famed Sasquatch, a tall anthropoid creature some thought lived deep in these forests.

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noun

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Recent Examples of anthropoid
Noun
By never breaking the anthropoid conceit — keeping Williams a chimp from working-class childhood obscurity to adult pop-stardom — Better Man evolves into the most honest and exploratory showbiz movie ever made. Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025 But thanks to a meager fossil record, the question of where this first anthropoid was born has remained open. Rachel Preiser, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Because the fossil indicates that the tarsier and anthropoid primate groups split before that era, the anthropoid lineage is also at least that old, says Beard. Sid Perkins, Scientific American, 5 June 2013 The Chinese, conversely, have been convinced forc enturies that the entire rest of the world is inhabited by an alien species of lower anthropoid. Jean Shepherd, Car and Driver, 18 Dec. 2022 Solo’s first mate on the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca, a 7-foot monkey-face anthropoid has his own following. Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2021 This 65-67 million-year-old relic looked down from on high on the anthropoids enjoying their time of evolutionary flourishing. Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2017 Since humans are apes, and apes are anthropoid primates, the last common ancestor of all anthropoids would be one of our distant primate ancestors. Brian Switek, WIRED, 1 July 2009
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Adjective
  • In 2023, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued industrial-development guidance that outlined its goal of mass-producing humanoid robots by 2025 to build a globally competitive industrial ecosystem expected to reach $43 billion by 2035. EVs are key.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
  • Our readiness for a time where humanoid robots are fully integrated into the web of social interaction lags dramatically far behind.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • The Calls of Bonobos: Hundreds of hours of recordings suggest that the apes can generate meaning by stringing sounds together in pairs.
    Gennaro Tomma, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • All apes have two types of muscle fibers: slow twitch and fast twitch.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Artificial intelligence could crosscheck their assertions far faster than human staff would be able to do it.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Snakes have long captured human imagination, symbolizing everything from danger to wisdom.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Conner was still battling his brute of a blue cat.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 21 May 2025
  • Then comes the arrival of General Zod and his two primary compatriots – a warrior woman and a silent hulking brute – who do battle with Superman around the city, causing much destruction and threatening the life of Lois Lane and her Daily Planet coworkers.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Call him a lush, a louse, a putz, a schmuck, a sad-sack, and a dumb-SOB and all would apply.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
  • The vines did not survive, however, probably due to the presence of phylloxera, the vine louse, in the soil.
    Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps this is why it was never required viewing in my household; there was no darker notion than our hero potentially being a villain.
    Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • But the new villain is smarter than the IMF assumed, and the mission has disastrous results.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The brand was founded by Antony Buck and Robert Calcraft and positioned itself in the naturals category, which by the time of its acquisition had become among the fastest-growing skin care segments globally.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 May 2025
  • The main focus is Divine G (Colman Domingo), a talented performer and playwright who has been falsely imprisoned, but the movie’s power comes from its ensemble made up of actual RTA alumni who are naturals on camera.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Just a few weeks ago, Pippen encountered a snake inside the place.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 31 May 2025
  • Bob Wexler, a local expert birder, will provide information about birds and their habitats. — A wrangler from Gatorland will bring alligators, snakes, lizards and more to the library during a Gatorland Live event at 11 a.m. and noon June 6.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025

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