as in populating
to supply with inhabitants
a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars
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Shea Sprague and Jack Winnay, both recent draft picks by the Red Sox with Boston-area ties, are among the many minor leaguers populating the Fenway South complex this spring.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
1 Mar. 2026 -
That may be a key factor in populating a third useful line for the postseason.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Daisy Duck This eyelash curler truly leaves no crumbs, but is Daisy Duck inhabiting anyone else’s body?—
Fiona Landers,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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In these stretches, Willow sounds less concerned with proving her musicianship than actually inhabiting it.—
Precious Fondren,
Pitchfork,
24 Feb. 2026
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The mythologies of the medical ass could blossom, like the oral folklore of a tribe allowed to retain its own myths without the colonizing interference of invaders.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The creatures rapidly spread along the interconnected coastal highways of a changing world, colonizing new habitats just as the Age of Dinosaurs began around 252 million years ago.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Peopling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopling. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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