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populace

[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp yə ləs /


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Bring in working-age people and a populace can rebalance the retired old with the productive young without waiting 20 years for babies to grow up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Given the amount of information now at voter’s fingertips, we should be the most informed voting populace in the history of ballot casting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

The populace reacted so strongly to those images.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Plato saw it as an inevitable consequence of democracy, when a quest for freedom leads to excess and the populace demands a strongman.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

“The fishing populace will be in possession of canvas.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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