population
noun
the total number of people inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
repopulation
-
a word derived from
population.
Example Sentences
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Stephen McCabe, who has led Inverclyde's minority Labour-led council almost exclusively since 2007, believes its repopulation plan is beginning to take effect.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The “1 euro house” idea can be traced back to about 2008 in Salemi, Sicily, as a way to encourage repopulation there.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2026
Without structural change—a repopulation of the demographically, educationally, geographically sealed units these places have become—real change is improbable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Sy said he didn’t mind the waiting to return but shared residents’ frustrations about the lack of clarity around the repopulation process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
Its “Sinification” involved the drastic homogenization of a huge region in an ancient melting pot, the repopulation of tropical Southeast Asia, and the exertion of a massive influence on Japan, Korea, and possibly even India.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
