as in populating
to supply with inhabitants
a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars
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As more spacecraft are slated to start populating this area thanks to private companies launching their own satellites and landers (more on that shortly), resolving how to remain safe in cislunar space is top of mind.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026 -
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,
17 Mar. 2026
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Characters are constantly zipping through the two-story rotating set, from classroom to kitchen to banquet hall, inhabiting their stories in alternating snippets.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
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That cross-continental team pooled expertise to confirm the frog as a distinct species — one that had been quietly inhabiting its mountainous ecosystem, unrecognized by science until now.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Imagine crossing thousands of miles of open ocean — no rest stops, no landmarks — and somehow colonizing a remote archipelago to start entirely new lineages.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 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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“Peopling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopling. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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