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Today’s word is people, spelled p-e-o-p-l-e.

people /ˈpiːpəl/ verb [transitive] formal

if a country or area is peopled by people of a particular type, they live there SYN inhabit

Honolulu is peopled by native Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, white Americans, and others.

The region has traditionally been peopled by Armenians.

a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars

The upper part of the valley is well peopled, and many of the hills are cultivated high up.

— Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2020

Most of the floors had at least a few offices with the lights on, at least some of them peopled with executives trying to figure out what to do now.

— Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, 20 Mar. 2020

Both writers invented a place and, in novel after novel, peopled it with the same characters.

— Edmund White, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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