as in inhabits
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populates
Another concern became the proprietary algorithm that populates what users see on the app.
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Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Ejecta from its innermost large, volcano-rich moon, Io, populates this inner magnetosphere with sulfur dioxide gas, where the magnetic field forces this material to co-rotate with Jupiter itself in a torus-like shape.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Now, when a user opens Lens Live, the Amazon app instantly populates a carousel of potential products in real-time, without needing a static image.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Users have the option of clicking on an icon that populates an online shopping cart at participating retail chains.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Josh Boak, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Ejecta from its innermost large, volcano-rich moon, Io, populates this inner magnetosphere with sulfur dioxide gas, where the magnetic field forces this material to co-rotate with Jupiter itself in a torus-like shape.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
Now, when a user opens Lens Live, the Amazon app instantly populates a carousel of potential products in real-time, without needing a static image.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Users have the option of clicking on an icon that populates an online shopping cart at participating retail chains.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populates
inhabits
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The Town of Campbell, outside of La Crosse, also discovered widespread PFAS contamination of private wells, likely stemming from the use of firefighting foam at the La Crosse Regional Airport, which inhabits a portion of the small island in between the Black and Mississippi Rivers.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The team that inhabits it is often called inevitable — immune to pressure and impossible to put away.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Populates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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