How to Use repopulate in a Sentence

repopulate

verb

• Jack is able to repopulate the earth, down to the dog from the gas station.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2020
• When water comes back to saline lakes, the brine flies can repopulate quickly.
  — Daniel Rothberg, Vox, 1 Oct. 2024
• Efforts to repopulate the species have seen progress over the past 20 years.
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023
• Two-thirds of the project site will be repopulated with tortoises.
  — Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
• That may turn out to be a problem that goes beyond the bosses trying to repopulate their offices.
  — Alex Tanzi, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Some farmers have been able to repopulate their flocks, decreasing the net impact on flock sizes and egg supplies.
  — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
• If the stressor goes away—if temperatures drop—the corals can repopulate.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 31 July 2023
• What types of animals are starting to repopulate these areas now?
  — Bethany Baker, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
• So, the fact that the show keeps repopulating a younger audience is really cool.
  — Chris Barilla, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
• And that is to kill off the bald eagles and ospreys that have repopulated the lower river valley.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
• Frey expects immigration to pick back up and help repopulate the state’s labor force.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
• Residents who agreed to repopulate the core would be able to choose from a variety of housing templates.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
• The eruption can also form new thermal vents and offer a place for these organisms to repopulate.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2025
• Farms that culled chickens infected with the virus will have to wait longer to repopulate their operations.
  — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• Jim and Julia turn out not to be a new Adam and Eve who might repopulate society.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• And so, after decades of lying abandoned, the area was slowly repopulated.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
• Eun wanted to mate with Ash to repopulate the world while Hanna was tasked with killing Carol.
  — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 6 Oct. 2024
• Cavaliere is patient, though, and determined to repopulate his pastures when the grass is ready again.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
• Only these species that were adapted to heat were healthy enough to send their larvae north to repopulate the Gulf of Aqaba.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 24 May 2021
• The denser nitrogen can sink down to the lower layers, while the lighter volatiles can rise up and repopulate the upper atmosphere.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• But these vital organs of the Chesapeake need some assistance to repopulate at the rate needed to keep the bay clean.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2021
• That changed in recent years as legal actions forced the agency to begin repopulating the north campus.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
• The hope is that the traveling microbiota will repopulate in their new home, bringing balance and health.
  — Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 30 June 2022
• When boats carrying zebra mussels launch in a new lake, the animals detach and repopulate there.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2020
• According to Alexander, the people who burned the nutshell may have been among the first to repopulate the country.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
• The goal is to take the good bacteria from a healthy donor and use it to repopulate the gut of someone who is considered to have an unhealthy microbiome.
  — Amanda De George, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2022
• Whitebark pines grow in sterile soil, often the first to repopulate recent wildfire burns, and their upward growth shades the snow which manages spring runoff.
  — Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
• One of the most common arguments against wolf reintroduction was that wolves were already repopulating parts of the state on their own.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
• The findings indicate that not only are adults present, but the species has successfully bred and repopulated the area.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
• The idea is to repopulate the gut microbiome after antibiotics wipe out the bacteria.
  — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2026