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  • adjective Supplied with inhabitants or content.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of populate.

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  • adjective furnished with inhabitants

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Examples

  • We understand that the Taliban is claiming that a bus was hit, with civilian passengers on it, it says, And then we are also hearing from our own sources; they say there has been unusually heavy striking near what they call populated areas.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2001 2001

  • The 22K hornet when I want to make less noise, ie in populated area's.

    What do you think the best kind of gun is for open field coyote hunting? 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

  • The 22K hornet when I want to make less noise, ie in populated area's.

    What do you think the best kind of gun is for open field coyote hunting? 2009

  • What IS true is that much of the warming for the last 10 years has occured away from main populated areas (Antartic mostly).

    Jack Schmitt on Global Warming - NASA Watch 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

  • Many of the shootouts between the narcos and the authorities occur in populated neighborhoods albeit not gringo enclaves.

    Page 2 2009

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