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verb

as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars

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Colonies founded by charters to private companies and peopled by restless dreamers gave us an entrepreneurial spirit from the outset. The Editors, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024 Indeed, Gabet was moved to learn from his one of his curators that the artisans who created 17th-century tapestries meticulously tweaked weaving techniques to demarcate the various fabrics worn by those peopling the vast scenes. Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 By Meaghan Garvey February 13, 2025 Image by Chris Panicker, photo by Chris Weeks/WireImage Know that all of Nature is but a magic theater, that the great Mother is the master magician, and that this whole world is peopled by her many parts. Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 13 Feb. 2025 Our ancestors peopled the most lonesome reaches of the globe, from Hawaii to Easter Island, in the span of just a few thousand years. Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for people
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  • There are over 300 species of squid inhabiting every ocean on Earth and these creatures boast truly remarkable eyes.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • This dark, sensual, glittering tale explores a world dancing on the edge and the joyful defiance of the characters who inhabit it.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 June 2025
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  • If your web browser automatically populates your username and password for you, make sure this information is free of typos.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
  • As ever, the surrounding economic ecosystem for kids trying to make NIL deals will be populated by men like Blazer once was, feasting like hyenas and alligators on the migration of a vast herd of wildebeests.
    Guy Lawson, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025

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