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
This neighborhood, peopled almost entirely by the people who claim to have been driven from Poland and Russia, is the eyesore of New York and perhaps the filthiest place on the western continent.
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Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 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
Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peopled
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The American Missionary Association, a Congregationalist group, populated many of those first teaching efforts — Blackshear attended one of their schools in Montgomery, Alabama, before college.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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The 17-mile-long strip of land remains largely in its natural state, populated by dense maritime forest of live oaks, saw palmetto, sabal palms, and pines.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cheetahs once inhabited much of Africa and parts of Asia, but now they are found in only 9% of their historic range.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ A Princess of Mars (1912) tells the story of John Carter, a Civil War soldier mysteriously transported to a Mars inhabited by aliens who dwell along the desert world’s life-giving canals.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Peopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopled. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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