How to Use the people in a Sentence
the people
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Let go of the people, places and things from the past that held you back.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
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Wimbledon’s roots were not quite of the people, at least not at first.
—Nick Pachelli, Time, 11 July 2026
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It is meant to protect the people's respect for the flag, the law says.
—ABC News, 17 July 2026
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The military said the suspect was one of the people killed in the field.
—Majdi Mohammed, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
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These men all conspire in dark rooms as the people continue to starve.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
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Most frustrated of all are the people tasked with policing the takeovers.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
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Withdrawing from the people and things that used to restore them.
—Dr. Rick Ruperto, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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To be sure, Spector is quick to credit the people, not just the software.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 July 2026
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These are the people who narrate the sport to the world, not anonymous X accounts.
—Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
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Because if the people who live there don’t activate the space, then nobody else will.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
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Your constituents, the people, we the people, put you in this position.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
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Which data do the people who will act on the output actually trust?
—Vyom Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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And the people who didn’t have power…basically had to suck it up until the midterms.
—Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
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The mystery has now outlived most of the people suspected of causing it.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 July 2026
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The parks were beautiful, but what stayed with me was the people and their mindset about getting outdoors.
—Todd Lookingbill, The Conversation, 31 July 2026
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Civil rights lawyers and advocates say that role caused suffering to the people held there.
—Churchill Ndonwie, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026
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Make friends with the other girls — become friends with [the people who play] your mortal enemies on the show.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
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For Baldwin, that consistency has been shaped by the people around him.
—Jesús Cano, New York Times, 10 July 2026
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Here is what actually goes into the most talked-about sleep drinks, and what the people who tested them have to say.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 25, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
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Hypothetically, that would be very bad for the people who crossed him.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
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But Bogenpohl stayed put, and the decision surprised few of the people who knew him best.
—Latif Love july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
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And whatever the stated reason, the people who survive keep turning out to be the fluent ones.
—Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Organize it around your humanity, and use the tool to protect time for the work and the people that matter most.
—Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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The Fremont workers became the people the future could not run without.
—Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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But behind the scenes, there’s a quiet confidence oozing off of him, according to the people who know him best.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 23 July 2026
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They're meant to be seen, appreciated, and then left to the people who actually call them home.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 July 2026
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When reconstruction stops being news and becomes the daily life of the people who remain.
—Cristina Guevara, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
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The argument was that the people best positioned to change an institution are the ones who belong to it.
—Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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Leaders with a large gap between their narrated and enacted self-impose the highest tax on the people around them.
—Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
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Workers can also be seen standing nearby and don’t appear to notice the people sticking their hands in the water.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
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