anatomically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In the Netflix film, Swan demonstrates with calipers on a life-size, anatomically correct male baby doll in a coffee shop to the nervous titters of the participants.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Instead the gene flow "occurred predominantly between Neanderthal males and anatomically modern human females," said Alexander Platt, a senior research scientist on the study.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Although modern societies benefit from thousands of years of accumulated knowledge, anatomically modern humans of the Paleolithic period had cognitive abilities comparable to ours.
From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026
When someone uses the word “literally” in a fictional movie account of a beloved but anatomically incorrect doll, it’s hard to take literally—except millions do.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026
A profusion of early sites is also documented for the much older colonization of Europe by anatomically modern humans, and for the occupation of Australia/New Guinea.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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