as in populating
to supply with inhabitants
a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars
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Geographic isolation and cold temperatures have actually hindered snakes from populating the wilds of many islands; New Zealand, Iceland and Greenland are all also snake-free.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
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Some of the people populating the world’s feeds are doing valuable work—the journalists and open-source-intelligence gatherers trying to confirm events and produce original reporting, for example.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 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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This lines up with when colonizing Greeks were believed to have introduced viticulture — cultivating grapevines — to France, after founding the city of Marseille.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 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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“Peopling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopling. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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