- present participle of populate.
populating
Example Sentences
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This is how the scores of docuseries and podcasts populating the genre transform actual horror into digestible content.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
Suddenly, most of the major groups of animals alive today -- including vertebrates which would eventually include humans -- evolved and started populating the world's oceans.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
These days, she logs hours scouring TikTok and beyond for songs and other soundclips to perfectly complement the ageless characters populating Fenimore’s collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Spurs certainly did not produce a performance to please their supporters who made the trip to Monaco, populating one corner of a stadium that is more about architecture than atmosphere.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Because of their key role in establishing and populating a colony, settlers may be called colonizers.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
