populace

Example Sentences

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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

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

Faber is positive about one thing: the ability of capitalism to lift the world’s populace out of poverty.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

The entire populace knows thousands of songs, and there is hardly a mediocre voice among them.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine