as in inhabited
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populated
Each of the first three hours that premiered Tuesday combine a case of the week — populated by impressively recognizable faces like Judith Light, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Jessica Simpson and Rick Springfield — with ongoing concerns about the main characters’ love lives.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
For instance, the Bangladesh delta, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in the world, is already experiencing problems, including salinity intrusion, rising sea levels and the loss of arable land.
—Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Picking this team, as currently populated, to return to the Stanley Cup Final for the third year in a row is unwise.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The film follows a mission to colonize a distant planet, and takes place on a spaceship populated by an army of young people who will give birth to the generation that will ultimately do the colonizing.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The Rio state government said the operation was its largest ever to target the Comando Vermelho gang, which controls the drug trade in several favelas - poor and densely populated settlements woven through the city's hilly oceanside terrain.
—Janaina Quinet, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The next chunk of the record book is the 185 mph club, populated by 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, Wilma, Gilbert, the Labor Day Hurricane — and now, Melissa.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Related questions to your prompt are populated at the bottom of a response for an easy way to continue your research.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Densely populated with cold, snowy winters, the Empire State has one of the oldest and most accessible networks of ski resorts in the country.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
For instance, the Bangladesh delta, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in the world, is already experiencing problems, including salinity intrusion, rising sea levels and the loss of arable land.
—Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Picking this team, as currently populated, to return to the Stanley Cup Final for the third year in a row is unwise.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The film follows a mission to colonize a distant planet, and takes place on a spaceship populated by an army of young people who will give birth to the generation that will ultimately do the colonizing.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The Rio state government said the operation was its largest ever to target the Comando Vermelho gang, which controls the drug trade in several favelas - poor and densely populated settlements woven through the city's hilly oceanside terrain.
—Janaina Quinet, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
The next chunk of the record book is the 185 mph club, populated by 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, Wilma, Gilbert, the Labor Day Hurricane — and now, Melissa.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Related questions to your prompt are populated at the bottom of a response for an easy way to continue your research.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
Densely populated with cold, snowy winters, the Empire State has one of the oldest and most accessible networks of ski resorts in the country.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populated
inhabited
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This wise, gentle character had been inhabited and portrayed by such eminent people.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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The country aims to keep Tiangong, which is about 20% as massive as the International Space Station, permanently inhabited for at least a decade.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Populated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populated. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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