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people

[pee-puhl] / ˈpi pəl /
NOUN
human beings
Synonyms
STRONGEST
community crowd family folk nation population public society
STRONG
bodies bourgeois citizens clan commonality folks heads herd horde humanity humankind humans inhabitants kin masses mob mortals multitude nationality persons plebeians populace proletariat race tribe
WEAK
John/Jane Q. Public body politic common people general public hoi polloi human race person in the street rabble rank and file riffraff
Antonyms
WEAK
animals plants

Example Sentences

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This is important because retirement sneaks up on most people.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Spirit Airlines, which employs 14,000 people, returned to bankruptcy last August amid high lease costs and debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Examination of the skeletal remains also found unusually high death rates during the earlier burial period, especially among children and young people.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

She’s heard people say that you can’t have a contingency plan for everything — “but yes, yes you can,” she emphasized.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Was the lesson that she shouldn’t worry about poetry reading in front of people because you never know when you might drive into the forest?

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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