repopulate

Example Sentences

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Bustling population centers like that can be used to repopulate areas that blink out elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

That, in turn, would eventually help them repopulate the entire region.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2025

They were reintroduced in Kuno in 2022 as part of an ambitious plan to repopulate the species.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Researchers have discovered a protein marker to help identify cells able to repopulate in patients with damaged blood vessels.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2024

“Yeah, but who do you think you’d end up with? I mean, we’d all have to pair up and have babies, right? To repopulate the planet.”

From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead