humanlike

adjective

Definition of humanlikenext
as in humanoid

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  1. humanoid
  2. human
  3. hominid
Adjective
  • Earlier this year, BMW announced plans to bring humanoid robots from Figure AI into its South Carolina manufacturing facility.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Boston Dynamics has shared another look at the latest version of its humanoid robot, Atlas.
    Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of humanoid
Adjective
  • The whole point of fast transit programs like BRT is to get more people to ride transit instead of driving, thereby increasing the total human capacity of a road since buses are much more space-efficient than cars.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Police investigate after a human head washed ashore on Key Biscayne, Fla., on Tuesday morning.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of human
Adjective
  • If the researchers can extend their findings to earlier spheroids found in Africa, from the Oldowan stone industry, then the balls could serve as some of the first evidence of hominid intelligence.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Generations that lived through the stark 117,000-year period helped to rebuild hominid populations in Europe and Asia to a relatively stable level of about 27,160 breeders.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
Definition of hominid
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“Humanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humanlike. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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