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populace

[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp jə ləs /


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"I hope it's a beautiful wedding...but I think they should do it somewhere that's less inconveniencing to general populace of New York City," she laughed.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Sometimes sheep are merely sheep, and sometimes they’re stand-ins for a willfully credulous populace.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Rather, he said, leaders in a republic must seek to “mold” public sentiment—to convince an often skeptical populace that a controversial course of action is justified.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

It is natural and logical that we would wish for the latter types of regime to be heavily reformed or outright replaced — especially with the local populace leading the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Most Eurasian states had literate bureaucracies, and in some a significant fraction of the populace other than bureaucrats was also literate.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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