as in to inhabit
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Korean restaurants and businesses populate shopping plazas throughout Duluth.
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Windy City Bulls announce camp roster Familiar faces populated the Windy City Bulls training camp roster, which was released Monday.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Favorites such as Triceratops and Stegosaurus populate the pages, visualized with photos of fossils at the Natural History Museum in London, where Barrett works, but readers will undoubtedly meet some unfamiliar species, too.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Most of the fields here are now populated by high-end grape vines, but a few small apple growers persist, thanks in part to a recent resurgence in the popularity of hard cider.
—Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Windy City Bulls announce camp roster Familiar faces populated the Windy City Bulls training camp roster, which was released Monday.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
Favorites such as Triceratops and Stegosaurus populate the pages, visualized with photos of fossils at the Natural History Museum in London, where Barrett works, but readers will undoubtedly meet some unfamiliar species, too.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Most of the fields here are now populated by high-end grape vines, but a few small apple growers persist, thanks in part to a recent resurgence in the popularity of hard cider.
—Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Populate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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