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Recent Examples of unpeopled
Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
Competitors camp out in the unpeopled cold to rest and feed their packs of semi-domesticated canines.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Sweeping, unpeopled vistas and close-up shots of animals render the world in an enhanced, almost unnatural, high-definition style.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
One of the last unpeopled places on Earth became a destination point for military interests and tourists alike.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2019
Alaska's many million acres of unpeopled river valleys and tundra plains would continue to attract birds if we were gone, but some species would miss us, Guers said.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2018
Adjective
Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
Competitors camp out in the unpeopled cold to rest and feed their packs of semi-domesticated canines.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Sweeping, unpeopled vistas and close-up shots of animals render the world in an enhanced, almost unnatural, high-definition style.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
One of the last unpeopled places on Earth became a destination point for military interests and tourists alike.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2019
Alaska's many million acres of unpeopled river valleys and tundra plains would continue to attract birds if we were gone, but some species would miss us, Guers said.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpeopled
Adjective
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There are dozens of uninhabited islands in the Halifax River near Daytona Beach, created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river in the 1950s.—
Bob Morris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2025
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Two are in the southernmost city of Rafah — now mostly uninhabited — and all three are in Israeli military zones that are off-limits to independent media.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
Adjective
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Lake Bluff village trustees are continuing to discuss issues related to its flag policy, but the matter remains unsettled.—
Daniel I. Dorfman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
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With Cook’s departure, the Tigers’ quarterback battle remains unsettled heading into fall camp.—
Zach Sweet,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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