as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populate
In addition to gala co-chairs, many notable show business figures populate the Met’s host committee.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 May 2025
The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
At a time when the internet was still sparsely populated, 4chan guaranteed constant energy, no matter the time of day or night.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
These physical spaces, populated by actual people, are what the resistance is trying to save.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 May 2025
The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2025
At a time when the internet was still sparsely populated, 4chan guaranteed constant energy, no matter the time of day or night.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
These physical spaces, populated by actual people, are what the resistance is trying to save.
—Noel Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for populate
Verb
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And once again, fans of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical can see the show’s 18th-century characters inhabited by an all-new cast of actors.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2025
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Hiaasen’s skill as a writer lies less in the virtuosity of his sentence-level prose than in the exuberant strangeness of his plots and the inner lives of the people who inhabit them.—
Amy Weiss-Meyer,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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The mountains are peopled with guides, trail keepers and fellow travelers, as well as those who have died on their treks when the weather turned.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The mountains are peopled with guides, trail keepers and fellow travelers, as well as those who have died on their treks when the weather turned.—
Sadie Stein,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Populate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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