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Recent Examples of populace This willingness of the AI to heap praise and act as a sycophant has worrying consequences for the populace as a whole. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Rather than unifying and pacifying a populace, this kind of media encouraged idiosyncratic, extreme views. Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Chun’s government used 3S, including the greenlighting of Korea’s first adult films, as an unsuccessful attempt to distract the populace from this kind of violence and suppression. Kayti Burt, Time, 22 Aug. 2025 Not until the populace can return in peace to visit them will the task be complete. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for populace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populace
Noun
  • These methods, while less exacting, are also woefully undemocratic, allowing lawmakers to act independently from and against the interests of the American public.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Koné then had a public falling out with Marseille coach Roberto de Zerbi.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His campaign already claims 6,000 volunteers and his town hall appearances have drawn large crowds.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Police say Balmer broke in through the southern wing of the residence, into a room often used to entertain crowds and display art.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wait for the looky-loo mob to subside.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t as ominous as, say, the GOP effort to steal the 2020 presidential election with absurd claims, bad lawyers and a mob attack on the Capitol.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In times of mass atrocity, processing personal sorrow becomes more complicated.
    Reem Kassis, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Populace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populace. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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