homo

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Noun
  • Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Researchers believe this event was a final trigger in making the Sahara a desert, maybe even driving early hominids out of Africa some 10 to 7 million years ago.
    David Bressan, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • The spacecraft named after that ancient hominid is also exploring fossils, in the sense that asteroids are leftovers from the dawn of the solar system and can tell us much about Earth's origin, just as Lucy the fossil can tell us about human evolution.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • None of which means that humans should be forever forbidden from Mars or that astronauts could play no role whatsoever in sample return, Dreier hastens to add.
    Leonard David, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
  • People want to hear directly from the humans behind the brand, especially now when authenticity is a winning force.
    Maha Abouelenein, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Now for every person hailing a ride, ten still drive themselves.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Joshua Smellie, 34, of Hartford, has been arrested and is charged with first-degree assault, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm, risk of injury, first-degree reckless endangerment, and third-degree assault on an elderly person, according to the Hartford Police Department.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable and reflects an urge in younger generations to live a life that wasn’t as accessible to those who came before us.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 19 May 2025
  • An effort to extend the life of the B61 nuclear bomb also faced significant delays and saw costs more than double – to the tune of an additional $4 billion.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Think berry parfaits, avocado toast, and housemade waffles for breakfast; and fresh salads, burgers, fish tacos, and shrimp & grits to round out the day and into the night.
    Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have dabbled in fish skin options for their products; the practice itself has roots dating back centuries to multiple Indigenous groups across the globe.
    Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The dynamics are informed by a baseline of data from Mack, who oversees the Royals quantitative analysis staff and performance science department ... and happens to be a sharp and animated guy who loves to talk about this stuff.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
  • Robinson stars as Craig Waterman, a regular suburban guy with a boring job, a charming florist wife who's losing interest in him (Kate Mara), and a teenage son (Jack Dylan Grazer) whose indifference borders on hostility.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Adjusting to the professional game takes time for most mortals; thus, there will be several losses before the wins start rolling in.
    The Athletic, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • Cannes offers up so many memories for even us lowly mortals.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
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“Homo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homo. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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