as in inhabited
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populated
Unlike public social media, the new feed is populated entirely by your own private memories.
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Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, the streets were not as populated by protesters.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, many are fields that society would very much like to be populated with genuinely qualified scientists—cancer research, for one.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Seven strange tales intersect in a small town populated by eerie figures, including a reclusive doctor and a man who claims ants live in his ears.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
For years, the SDF has controlled many areas largely populated by Arab tribes, many of which have now joined the fight against them.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
As such, the burgeoning American microdrama industry has thus far been populated with working actors who make around $500 a day.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
More than 200 people were killed in July 2000 when an avalanche of garbage consumed a Manila shanty town populated by several thousand scavengers.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The supporting cast is populated with adenosine, olives, argan oil, and more ingredients that contribute to its redness-neutralizing, wrinkle-smoothing, and suppleness-enhancing benefits.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, the streets were not as populated by protesters.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, many are fields that society would very much like to be populated with genuinely qualified scientists—cancer research, for one.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
Seven strange tales intersect in a small town populated by eerie figures, including a reclusive doctor and a man who claims ants live in his ears.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Jan. 2026
For years, the SDF has controlled many areas largely populated by Arab tribes, many of which have now joined the fight against them.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026
As such, the burgeoning American microdrama industry has thus far been populated with working actors who make around $500 a day.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026
More than 200 people were killed in July 2000 when an avalanche of garbage consumed a Manila shanty town populated by several thousand scavengers.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The supporting cast is populated with adenosine, olives, argan oil, and more ingredients that contribute to its redness-neutralizing, wrinkle-smoothing, and suppleness-enhancing benefits.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populated
inhabited
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Local campaigners have also expressed concern about potential damage to a culturally and historically significant site inhabited and used by Australia’s Indigenous communities for thousands of years.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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His follow-up to The Viral Underclass looks at what happens when members of minority groups achieve some kind of institutional power and what can happen when those white-supremacist structures are inhabited by the very people they were designed to oppress.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Populated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populated. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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