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populace

[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp yə ləs /


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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

Sometimes sheep are merely sheep, and sometimes they’re stand-ins for a willfully credulous populace.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

The populace reacted so strongly to those images.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

Like so many 21st-century trends, what feels good for us as individuals is eroding us as a populace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

But later on, fortresses were of little value to her when Cesare Borgia attacked her and when her hostile populace joined with the foreigner.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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