populate
Example Sentences
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That limited their options, he said, adding that they wanted to make sure the ship was safe before bringing it into a populated area such as Milford Haven.
From BBC
In turn, that has helped create and sustain service-sector businesses and jobs too, especially to a previously sparsely populated city centre.
From BBC
A state contractor plugged all 21 oil wells at the AllenCo Energy drill site in University Park, preventing the release of noxious gases and chemical vapors into the densely populated South Los Angeles neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times
This is how the scores of docuseries and podcasts populating the genre transform actual horror into digestible content.
From Salon
For these survivors—the grandmothers and great-grandmothers who populate many romantic fantasies—“Italy” seldom meant idyllic country vistas and cardiologists’ dream culinary joys.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
