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populace

[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp jə ləs /


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On top of reacquainting the populace with a story that most of us have not thought much about since that middle-school project or college classics class, “The Odyssey” is offering a lesson in “premium formats.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Despite predictions that North Korea could collapse after Kim Il Sung died, it remains a communist stronghold with a populace virtually cut off from the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

"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

The populace reacted so strongly to those images.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

First Africa rebelled, then the Senate with the entire populace of Rome, and finally all of Italy conspired against him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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