as in populating
to supply with inhabitants
a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars
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The song just came to me, from somewhere, populating seamlessly in a stream of consciousness.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026 -
His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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That instinct now finds a new register in her acting debut in Margo’s Got Money Troubles on Apple TV, where performance becomes less about presence on a stage and more about inhabiting a world that continues to exist long after the cameras stop rolling.—
Desjah Altvater,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
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Yellowjackets build a paper nest in a cavity or underground, often inhabiting a rodent hole or hiding the nest under a bush or a brush pile.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Neither the French nor the Spanish ever invested significantly in colonizing the land west of the upper Mississippi, and Americans were champing at the bit.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
31 May 2026
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So expect some commentary from me in the coming weeks about the feasibility of lunar mass drivers, putting hundreds of GW worth of data centers in orbit, colonizing Mars and more.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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“Peopling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopling. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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