PEOPLING Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

peopling

verb

present participle of people

as in populating

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

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Artists and musicians had flocked to dirt-cheap rents, populating the neighborhood with small clubs and cheap tickets.

— Michael Calderone, Curbed, 4 Sep. 2026
The Democratic Party needs someone like you to bring the spirit of Rocky Marciano into the political ring instead of the creampuffs populating Democratic leadership today.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

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In new production photos, Nyong’o can be seen inhabiting the role of A, an unnamed woman navigating the aftermath of an abusive relationship and the complicated, often deeply personal process of moving forward.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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The film depicts the world’s richest man as petty, narcissistic, megalomaniacal, cruel, detached from humans at a personal level (including various ex-partners and many of his children) while purporting to want to save humanity by colonizing Mars.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026
Since then, seafaring and colonizing nations in particular have done much the same, centering their locations or adjusting sizes to project global reach and relevance.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

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