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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 With the Artemis program laying the groundwork for mankind's return to the moon, something like this rover could, manned or unmanned, end up driving across its surface. — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 22 Sep. 2026 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 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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If that is impossible for systems much larger than atoms, many of humanity’s current technological efforts would be wasted.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Anthropic said that its initiative will give it more flexibility and scale to make donations for the benefit of humanity.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

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Brands that keep the human — and human choice — at the center of their AI will be the ones customers still trust when the next scandal hits.

— Rumman Chowdhury, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
Commercial artificial intelligence, by contrast, appeared almost overnight on screens worldwide, at a moment when the overwhelming majority of humans already had access to a computer or smartphone.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

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