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peoples

  • plural of people.
  • present tense form of people (3rd person singular).

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“The Death of Robin Hood” seeks something like the profundity of “Unforgiven,” but its writing doesn’t approach the power of that movie’s much revered David Webb Peoples screenplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

She left Teen Vogue in 2018, and the publication’s second Black woman editor, Lindsay Peoples, took over until 2021.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

Aguilar, who currently oversees human rights affairs for the government’s National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, garnered 6 million votes, more than any other Supreme Court contender, results showed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

By 1959, Nujoma had become the head of the Owamboland Peoples organisation, the independence movement that was a forerunner to Swapo.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

Peoples, why are they so compelsive, no, what is the word, propulsive, no, obsessive, yes obsessive!

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech