peopled

past tense of people
as in populated
to supply with inhabitants a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars

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Recent Examples of peopled Today, this part of the South Side seems to be almost entirely peopled by Black families. Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Ishaq has made a film peopled with women and boys who go beyond simple archetypes, setting joyful female solidarity against omnipresent conflict in a way designed to communicate with a broad demographic. Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2026 Hypocrisy, not rail spindles or dog poop, is top of the play’s agenda, and to poke around that subject the playwright has peopled his work with a collection of character types. Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 The paradox of this quartet of movies up for the new casting Oscar, all boldly peopled with nonprofessionals, is that this very practice has become professionalized. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 Throughout Humphreys County and Hickman County, peopled gathered with their churches for support and comfort in the days after the tragedy. Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025 The Master is the greatest of them all, a movie peopled by characters who are at once intensely human and also the stuff of otherworldly fables. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • His songs are populated by blue-collar trappers who have to gas up their cars in enemy territory, travel on the Megabus, and create makeshift masks by tying T-shirts around their faces.
    Drew Millard, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
  • Pop crossovers, polished ballads and the young seeds of bro-country were what populated the radio, but Church loved harder rock influences, outlaw heroes, and even the Muscle Shoals soul.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
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  • Our lively tour guide regaled us with stories of the residents who inhabited those streets, including merchant Mary King and George Rae, the plague doctor who tended to victims in 1645.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • There are around 6,000 islands in Greece; around 227 are inhabited, and around 225 are not Mykonos or Santorini.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 17 July 2026

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“Peopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopled. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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