populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
populates
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present tense formof populate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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One simple Google search of the laptop populates a collection of rave reviews from people who have gotten their hands on the device before it officially becomes available on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
Ms. Doucet populates the book with sympathetic characters—the “real cement and steel of the Inter-Con”—conscientious and kind Afghans who keep the hotel going as regimes collapse, rulers change, mores alter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Bronstein populates the movie with an offbeat set of supporting characters and her casting elevates every one of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“Oppenheimer” sticks almost entirely to its protagonist’s point of view yet also populates its three-hour film with an incredible array of faces, all in exquisite detail.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
And we know or have known that of its impulse among us lesser folk it holifies and populates this world.
From Fort Amity by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
