as in inhabited
to supply with inhabitants
a small island populated only by woodland creatures
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Recent Examples of populated
It’s populated by craven, cowardly traitors.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Scattered across the continent were hundreds of towns populated by a few hundred people, and each of these towns had an economic hinterland of perhaps 50 to 100 square miles, with the bulk of all agricultural and household production produced and remaining in that area.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Soon after, the weapon used is traced back to Sverre Olsen (Arthur Hakalahti), a young arms dealer operating in a downtown warehouse populated by the city’s underworld and, according to the 70 percent assurance of face recognition expert Beate (Ellen Helinder), a familiar presence within the force.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
But there are still a number of similarities between the two successful drama series that are laced with dark comedy and populated with sympathetic criminals.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
The roster is again populated with newcomers.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
This suburban drift does not necessarily represent a worrying shift to sprawl — some of Paris’ suburbs are as densely populated as the cores of major North American cities.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Less than a mile from the historic buildings that line Pomona’s downtown square, three acres of land are populated by trees, chickens roam free among vegetable sprouts and butterflies hover over blooming flowers.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The founder-to-president pipeline is populated by a bunch of guys who played JV to get into college, and Washington didn’t even go to college.
—Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
Scattered across the continent were hundreds of towns populated by a few hundred people, and each of these towns had an economic hinterland of perhaps 50 to 100 square miles, with the bulk of all agricultural and household production produced and remaining in that area.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Soon after, the weapon used is traced back to Sverre Olsen (Arthur Hakalahti), a young arms dealer operating in a downtown warehouse populated by the city’s underworld and, according to the 70 percent assurance of face recognition expert Beate (Ellen Helinder), a familiar presence within the force.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026
But there are still a number of similarities between the two successful drama series that are laced with dark comedy and populated with sympathetic criminals.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Mar. 2026
The roster is again populated with newcomers.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
This suburban drift does not necessarily represent a worrying shift to sprawl — some of Paris’ suburbs are as densely populated as the cores of major North American cities.
—Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026
Less than a mile from the historic buildings that line Pomona’s downtown square, three acres of land are populated by trees, chickens roam free among vegetable sprouts and butterflies hover over blooming flowers.
—Nicole MacIas Garibay, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The founder-to-president pipeline is populated by a bunch of guys who played JV to get into college, and Washington didn’t even go to college.
—Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for populated
inhabited
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Visit the Indigenous Bribri community, which has inhabited Talamanca for thousands of years.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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His reputation for meticulous period work will be central to recreating the world Wong Howe inhabited across more than five decades in Hollywood, from the silent era through the Golden Age of cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Populated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populated. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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