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as in populace
the body of the community as contrasted with the elite
tensions mounted until the people rose up in rebellion
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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
introduced my new boyfriend to my people
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as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars
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Recent Examples of people
Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
Investigators are looking into what caused a tour bus, traveling from Chicago to a casino in Michigan, to crash, leaving over two dozen people injured in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Colonies founded by charters to private companies and peopled by restless dreamers gave us an entrepreneurial spirit from the outset.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
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Plural noun
Two people from the Port Authority emergency vehicle were injured.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026
Investigators are looking into what caused a tour bus, traveling from Chicago to a casino in Michigan, to crash, leaving over two dozen people injured in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
The mountains are peopled with guides, trail keepers and fellow travelers, as well as those who have died on their treks when the weather turned.
—Sadie Stein, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
Colonies founded by charters to private companies and peopled by restless dreamers gave us an entrepreneurial spirit from the outset.
—The Editors, National Review, 28 Nov. 2024
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The filmmaker weaves together the current fights for not only the land, but also for the women who inhabit the land.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The novel does not offer the reader a character to comfortably inhabit or a moral to extract.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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And the three main villains are impressively restrained compared to the cartoonish mustache twirlers that have populated previous takes.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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Creator Studio subscribers can take advantage of the Magic Fill feature that populates cells or a column based on a pattern in other cells—for example, creating a First Name and Last Name column from a column with full names.—
Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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“People.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/people. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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