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Recent Examples of hominid
Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2019
An enlarged brain case also distinguishes this species from our more distant, early hominid ancestor Australopithecus — famously known for the 3-million-year-old Lucy specimen in Ethiopia.
—Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
The tools differed from those collected from other hominids in several ways.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
But these adaptations may have cost the hominid resilience to other environmental pressures.
—Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2019
An enlarged brain case also distinguishes this species from our more distant, early hominid ancestor Australopithecus — famously known for the 3-million-year-old Lucy specimen in Ethiopia.
—Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2023
Noun
Although plenty of evidence shows that multiple hominids occupied Earth at the same time, the footprints provide the most conclusive signs of more than one hominid species sharing a habitat.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 28 Nov. 2024
The tools differed from those collected from other hominids in several ways.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Weight: 57kg (125 lbs) Cost: Projected around $20,000 to $30,000 when produced at scale Probably the most famous of the current batch of humanoid robots.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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In that film, the humanoid alien was played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Voila, the cost and effort by humans drop to nothing.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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There are simply too many satellites for humans to manually control them in the future.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Still, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that about 34 people a day in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes — that’s one person every 42 minutes.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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And while a normal person will just digest that and process it, an allergic person actually sees this as a foreign threat.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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But then appeared on the road a living creature whose intent my driver could not understand: a cow.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The series, which has yet to receive a title, will see Newfoundland play Newfoundland as the rugged and picturesque Atlantic ocean provides the backdrop for the hunt for a sea creature.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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The Wimbledon men's final between three-time Grand Slam winner Sinner and Alcaraz (a five-time Grand Slam champ) comes less than two months after Alcaraz stormed back from a huge deficit to win the French Open in five sets on June 8.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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Take Eric, a man in his late sixties who has served some thirty-five years and will never be released.—
Brooke Allen,
New Yorker,
12 July 2025
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Before things became homogenized by the studios in terms of looking for a broader audience, rather than making something as individuals.—
Jordan Hoffman Updated,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Effective in 2026, the bill permanently increases the federal estate and gift tax exemption to $15 million for individuals and $30 million for married couples.—
Jehan Crump‑Gibson,
Essence,
10 July 2025
Noun
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The fish will also serve as scaly ambassadors for Biosphere 2's many visitors (more than 3 million since 1991, according to the organization), who will weave through the desert landscape.—
Alina Hartounian,
NPR,
7 July 2025
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Participants will be taught basic angling skills, including casting, knot-tying and fish identification as well as ethical angling practices, forest preserve district news release said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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The warning required immediate action by Orange County Global, which contracted with a vendor that same day to process the untested specimens.—
Scott Schwebke,
Oc Register,
12 July 2025
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The collection of specimens is kept at the Beckman Center for Conservation Research near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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“Hominid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hominid. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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