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mankind

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Definition of mankind

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the human race all of mankind stands to gain if world peace is ever achieved

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Recent Examples of mankind That whole generation’s old-fashioned American ethics — the unwavering belief in the equality of mankind and pulling together for each other — was the spirit that my grandfather took with him. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026 Over the ensuing centuries, high-IQ couples wait for just the right time to have children, while their lower-IQ counterparts breed aplenty until mankind becomes exponentially more vapid. — Donald Liebenson, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026 Come for the deep dive into mankind’s favorite building material, stay for his detours into everything from Hallmark screenwriting tropes to the lost Yuletide recordings of the late DMX. — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Now, as then, the world is churning over the identities of peoples and nations based on either ethnicity and religion or the values and rights inherent in all mankind. — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mankind

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Geoff warns Ilya to moderate his projections, emphasizing the need for safeguards, but the idealistic Russian is swept up in the vast potential of AI — to solve the climate crisis, cure cancer, even save humanity from itself.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Just in the nick of time, our AI challenges are solved and the future of humanity is safe from extinction.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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Worryingly, the series will show how their communities are increasingly under threat from humans.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Students are also instructed to slow down when driving near donkeys as collisions can cause injury or even death to humans and animals.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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