as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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In early preparations for Halloween, the path was also populated with a cast of jack-o’-lantern scarecrows.
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Grace McCarty, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
The film weaves together O’Connor’s life and the visualizations of her unsettling, hallucinatory stories, populated with grotesque, cruel and disfigured characters.
—Giovanni Bogani, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
There is an oasis in the middle of said desert populated by a community whose residents seem condemned to speak in strange, elliptical phrases.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
Directed by Chris Sanders (known for How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch), the film, based on the books by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot follows a robot whose transport ship crashes in a tsunami, causing the robot to wash up on an island populated only by animals.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Grace McCarty, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
The film weaves together O’Connor’s life and the visualizations of her unsettling, hallucinatory stories, populated with grotesque, cruel and disfigured characters.
—Giovanni Bogani, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Sep. 2024
There is an oasis in the middle of said desert populated by a community whose residents seem condemned to speak in strange, elliptical phrases.
—Lewis Gordon, The Verge, 7 Oct. 2024
Directed by Chris Sanders (known for How to Train Your Dragon and Lilo & Stitch), the film, based on the books by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot follows a robot whose transport ship crashes in a tsunami, causing the robot to wash up on an island populated only by animals.
—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Populate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populate. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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