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
Theirs is one of the groups that has begun capturing the estimated 60 to 100 rabbits that have populated the suburban Fort Lauderdale neighborhood so they can be put up for adoption.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Southeastern Kentucky, which includes some of the poorest counties in the country, is different from many other rural areas, which have populated county seats surrounded by mostly empty countryside.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
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
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
