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Recent Examples of unpeopled
Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
Adjective
Alaska has giant swaths of unpeopled country with no twirling weather radars, or none that can see beyond where mountains are blocking them.
—Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2022
The emptiness and silence of his childhood reproduce themselves in the unpeopled landscapes through which his characters wander.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2021
Hopper often produces the unease even in unpeopled landscapes and views of buildings, as if catching nature and habitation defenselessly exposed in disarray, mundanity, or squalor.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 1 June 2020
But finding unpeopled streetscapes is harder said than done in a city like New York or Tokyo.
—Michael Hardy, Wired, 15 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpeopled
Adjective
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The uninhabited island, which is less than one mile long, is a part of the larger Princess Alexandra National Park.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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About the size of a washing machine, Draco would purposely pile-drive itself over an ocean uninhabited area just some 12 hours after being put into Earth orbit.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Meanwhile, on the business side of the operation, the Valkyries are operating as if the season — set to open May 8 in Seattle — will proceed, even as rules and dates for an expansion draft, free agency and the college draft remain unsettled.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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By contrast, Hsu, director of consumer surveys at the University of Michigan, believes that the revival today is a negative reaction to the volatility of high prices and unsettled politics.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Unpeopled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpeopled. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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