populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
have populated
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present perfectof populate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Opulent, gothic, melodramatic and crammed full of hooks, The Last Dinner Party’s album is an antidote to all the quiet, confessional ballads that have populated the charts for the last five years.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2024
It isn’t immediately clear if any of the ethnic Armenians that have populated the region will remain there.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Susan Straight’s new memoir, “In the Country of Women,” depicts the tough, trauma-burdened women who have populated her life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
Her inner life is more than what I myself have populated it with — a bittersweet shift.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
This expedition has been sent to recontact you, now that you have populated Texcoco and made such adaptations as were necessary to survive here.
From Adaptation by John Schoenherr
