as in people
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace
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Recent Examples of populace
That’s something that certainly showcases a semblance of how the populace might react.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
For Bass, her speech was about more than just reassuring a disquieted populace and workforce.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
In this case, the first task is to acquaint the local populace with the new part-owner and his significance before the franchise can capitalize on his worldwide stature in the sport.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
Whether this research method is an adequate representation of the populace at large is an open question.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
For Bass, her speech was about more than just reassuring a disquieted populace and workforce.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
In this case, the first task is to acquaint the local populace with the new part-owner and his significance before the franchise can capitalize on his worldwide stature in the sport.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 23 May 2025
Whether this research method is an adequate representation of the populace at large is an open question.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for populace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populace
Noun
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The men’s team has already qualified for the World Cup in 2026, meaning a third appearance at a men’s World Cup for a nation of just over five million people.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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In practice, this means that AI prompts created by Landy and his colleagues do not become part of a training set that can inform the research of people outside his firm—an important issue in a profession in which practitioners often have access to highly sensitive information about their clients.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 June 2025
Noun
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While Mojtaba is ideologically aligned with his father, Khomeini is viewed as a more moderate figure who could appeal to a discontented public and ease international tensions.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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The information available to the voting public focuses typically on the findings of a routine physical exam, resting electrocardiogram and standard laboratory tests.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Just jump on a return train for a few minutes back to Rougemont and a world devoid of the larger international crowds that descend upon swanky Gstaad just a few miles up the road.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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This was once a special franchise, as the classy halftime jersey retirement ceremony for Parker reminded everyone, with Lisa Leslie introducing and Parker embracing and the standing crowd a little teary.—
Bill Plaschke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
Noun
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He’s been trying really from the beginning to bring the 10 Black mob families together.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 June 2025
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The easily walkable Freedom Trail stretches 2.5 miles to connect almost all the sites, such as Old State House where a 1770 clash between a mob of citizens and soldiers (the Boston Massacre) left five people dead.—
Lisa Meyers McClintick,
USA Today,
21 June 2025
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An atomic bomb relies on specific, precisely engineered and timed conditions to create a supercritical mass and initiate a chain reaction.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Within the first few days after the injury, a blastema—a mass of heterogeneous cells—formed at the wound site.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2025
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“Populace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populace. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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