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populate

[pop-yuh-leyt] / ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt /
VERB
supply with inhabitants
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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But tech stocks also populate the list of the index’s big losers this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Nominally designed as a spaceport, Lego aliens and spaceships populate the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

First, as AI bots populate these sites with fake images and get-rich schemes, audiences will tune out.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

For these survivors—the grandmothers and great-grandmothers who populate many romantic fantasies—“Italy” seldom meant idyllic country vistas and cardiologists’ dream culinary joys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Literacy rates climbed, and educated blacks began to populate legislatures, open schools, and initiate successful businesses.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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