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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It can also be transmitted through surfaces and human contact, with most outbreaks happening in places like hospitals, restaurants, and long-term care facilities.
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
Each was rescued at just a few months old in 2014 and taken into the same conservation program, where tigers are raised with minimal human contact.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
For example, Nipah virus emerged in Malaysia from human contact with infected pigs, which had picked up the virus from fruit bats.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2015
Head and pubic lice are primarily spread through direct human contact but can sometimes spread through indirect contact with clothing or other items containing lice.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 1 Jan. 2025
Each was rescued at just a few months old in 2014 and taken into the same conservation program, where tigers are raised with minimal human contact.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
For example, Nipah virus emerged in Malaysia from human contact with infected pigs, which had picked up the virus from fruit bats.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2015
Head and pubic lice are primarily spread through direct human contact but can sometimes spread through indirect contact with clothing or other items containing lice.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for human contact
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“Human contact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/human%20contact. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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