populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
is populating
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present progressiveof populate (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But equally important is populating the television landscape with shows centered around nonwhite characters and giving them diverse writers to match.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2015
Things fall apart, the center cannot hold, the left guard is in trouble, the lines descend into anarchy and the defense is populating the backfield.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2013
The practical experience of reading is populating such a universe through personal projection that will test its human validity.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
That country bordering on the Illinois River is populating at this time more rapidly than at any former period.
From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Arthur Clinton Boggess
