human contact
noun
: interaction with other people
She joined a book club to get a little human contact while the kids were in school.
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Voters also were permitted to use drop boxes to turn in their ballots without human contact.
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Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
In the antebellum South, the slaves who bent over rows of cotton shouted their songs responsively, because that was the only way to launch the comfort of human contact across an open field.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Collection and testing is required following direct human contact with bats that may result in exposure to rabies, officials said.
—Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2024
Like the steady drip-drip-drip of water on stone, which over millenniums reduces a monolith to sand, human contact will have its way.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
In the antebellum South, the slaves who bent over rows of cotton shouted their songs responsively, because that was the only way to launch the comfort of human contact across an open field.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
Collection and testing is required following direct human contact with bats that may result in exposure to rabies, officials said.
—Brooke Park, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2024
Like the steady drip-drip-drip of water on stone, which over millenniums reduces a monolith to sand, human contact will have its way.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Human contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20contact. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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