people
noun
persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general.
Example Sentences
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“We are the result of many cultures, stories, peoples and languages, and this gives rise to a creativity all our own. But there is a dimension to our culture that goes beyond aesthetics: our openness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
What are the common factors that bind this complex, varied collection of peoples into one polity?
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Yet he says neither side is lying, something that is “not confusing if you understand the trauma that native peoples are still experiencing to this day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
She saw mythological narratives as vessels in which we can see essential truths about how peoples of the past understood their world and their place in it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Several closely related developments in Europe affected how Europeans viewed the land and the Indigenous peoples.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
