populating

Example Sentences

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Over the next two years, startups began populating Proto-Town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

"Yes. There's a Catholic priest there who seems to be populating the whole country with redundant British and American organs."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 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

Mancuso is just one of the many dark elements populating the series, the latest project from Riff Raff Entertainment headed by Law and partner Ben Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 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