as in people
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace
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Recent Examples of populace
Instead of Gladiators fighting for our entertainment, the emperors are shadowboxing before an angry populace.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Flooding the market with comedies and dramas in which the populace could be absorbed was a way to keep the masses distracted.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Fishback, on the other hand, stands strongly opposed to these corporate interests while remaining electable to the general populace.
—Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Barak was cognizant of how the Arab populace would perceive Israeli involvement.
—Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Flooding the market with comedies and dramas in which the populace could be absorbed was a way to keep the masses distracted.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
Fishback, on the other hand, stands strongly opposed to these corporate interests while remaining electable to the general populace.
—Thomas C. Shank, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Barak was cognizant of how the Arab populace would perceive Israeli involvement.
—Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for populace
Noun
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Wall Street, employees and the business public greeted the choice favorably, despite the many challenges facing Disney’s new leader and all legacy media companies.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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American and global health officials have stressed throughout the outbreak that the risk to the wider public is low and that transmission is limited to close contact.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
Noun
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When Four Seasons later opened its Nile Plaza property across the river, that hotel took on more of the diplomatic and business crowd.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Officials initially called a common foul but moved to a video review as the Minnesota crowd grew restless.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Noun
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He’d just been followed down a country highway by an angry mob, which screamed cusses and gave him the finger.—
Chris Smith,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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Not even the pork choppers were as arrogant and scornful of voting rights as the current mob.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
Noun
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And Thursday night’s performance, while not wholly irrelevant, was just another television rerun broadcast to a less-than-mass audience.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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This one way attack drone is aimed at delivering affordable mass capabilities and is engineered for adaptability, and autonomous operations.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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“Populace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populace. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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