as in inhabiting
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populating
An outline of the characters Franzen was populating the book with.
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Adam Moss, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While much of the film’s plot remains under wraps, the fresh faces populating Moana’s island promise to expand upon the cultural mythology established in the first picture.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024
There's so many new Michelin star-winning African chefs populating the landscape of Europe and America, but the idea with this book was to make it about leading chefs in Africa.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
Zuckerberg and some of his counterparts elsewhere in Silicon Valley argue that they are obligated to allow deliberately and provably false information from populating their sites in the name of free speech.
—Michael Posner, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Pratt tends to be opaquely impressionistic in its lyrics, populating songs with highways and aster dawns; wild centuries and evil innocence.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Adam Moss, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
While much of the film’s plot remains under wraps, the fresh faces populating Moana’s island promise to expand upon the cultural mythology established in the first picture.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024
There's so many new Michelin star-winning African chefs populating the landscape of Europe and America, but the idea with this book was to make it about leading chefs in Africa.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
Zuckerberg and some of his counterparts elsewhere in Silicon Valley argue that they are obligated to allow deliberately and provably false information from populating their sites in the name of free speech.
—Michael Posner, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Pratt tends to be opaquely impressionistic in its lyrics, populating songs with highways and aster dawns; wild centuries and evil innocence.
—Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Populating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populating. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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