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
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.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Diamandis’s network, known to its constituents as the Peterverse, is largely peopled by slim, graying, well-off men who finger their Oura rings like horcruxes.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peopled
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Our final top 10 is populated with Stanley Cup champions, Hart Trophy winners and Olympians.—
Murat Ates,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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While the rest of the film is populated with stars, including not only DiCaprio but Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio del Toro, Infiniti, a newcomer to film, shoulders the brunt of the film’s emotional arc.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The park land was once inhabited by Ancestral Puebloans, a Native American civilization that lived in the area in ancient times.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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It has been inhabited and altered by monarchs for centuries.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Peopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopled. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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