How to Use repopulate in a Sentence

repopulate

verb
Definition of repopulatenext
  • Jack is able to repopulate the earth, down to the dog from the gas station.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Efforts to repopulate the species have seen progress over the past 20 years.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Only these species that were adapted to heat were healthy enough to send their larvae north to repopulate the Gulf of Aqaba.
    — Sara Harrison, Wired, 24 May 2021
  • Jim and Julia turn out not to be a new Adam and Eve who might repopulate society.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • According to Alexander, the people who burned the nutshell may have been among the first to repopulate the country.
    — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But these vital organs of the Chesapeake need some assistance to repopulate at the rate needed to keep the bay clean.
    — CBS News, 10 July 2021
  • The denser nitrogen can sink down to the lower layers, while the lighter volatiles can rise up and repopulate the upper atmosphere.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • That may turn out to be a problem that goes beyond the bosses trying to repopulate their offices.
    — Alex Tanzi, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • And that is to kill off the bald eagles and ospreys that have repopulated the lower river valley.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
  • The goal is to take the good bacteria from a healthy donor and use it to repopulate the gut of someone who is considered to have an unhealthy microbiome.
    — Amanda De George, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2022
  • Two-thirds of the project site will be repopulated with tortoises.
    — Sammy Roth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
  • The breeding program is trying to repopulate the species since it was hunted to near extinction around the turn of the 20th century, when no swans remained in the state.
    — oregonlive, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Some farmers have been able to repopulate their flocks, decreasing the net impact on flock sizes and egg supplies.
    — Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 27 Dec. 2022
  • And there’s been talk by some settlers since October 7th about the need to repopulate Gaza with settlements.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The center will house a permanent flock of Navajo-Churros, to help repopulate the breed on the reservation and restore the culture around them.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2022
  • If the stressor goes away—if temperatures drop—the corals can repopulate.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 31 July 2023
  • If successful, the work will be the first to artificially inseminate zoo ocelots with wild sperm and then repopulate the species in the wild.
    — Amy Mathews Amos, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The Nazis also sought to suppress the Polish population and repopulate the country with their own.
    — Madeleine Hordinski, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Whitebark pines grow in sterile soil, often the first to repopulate recent wildfire burns, and their upward growth shades the snow which manages spring runoff.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021
  • Even after every player from his draft class has retired and the league has been repopulated by 20-somethings, James can still hang.
    — Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The eventual goal is to then repopulate parts of the Arctic with the new woolly mammoth and strengthen local plant life with the migration patterns and dietary habits of the beast.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Over the following year, the streets around El Pueblo slowly repopulated.
    — David Zahniser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • Frey expects immigration to pick back up and help repopulate the state’s labor force.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
  • One of the most common arguments against wolf reintroduction was that wolves were already repopulating parts of the state on their own.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The hope is that the traveling microbiota will repopulate in their new home, bringing balance and health.
    — Sarah Sloat, NBC News, 30 June 2022
  • Fortunately, Sunday’s rain not only washed away the honeydew, but also many of the aphids, who won’t have enough time to repopulate before the trees shed their leaves.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Wolves were released into the GYE in the 1990s where they were protected from human infringement and allowed to repopulate.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The dams’ design mimics the latticed structure of mangrove root systems to reduce erosion and create a stable shoreline for the small trees to repopulate.
    — J Harris, Discover Magazine, 31 Mar. 2016
  • The Presidio Trust, a federal agency that manages the park, has repopulated the coastal landscape with turtles, newts and damselflies that once lived there.
    — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • The beloved, slow-growing plants have a hard time repopulating areas after such disturbances, and climate change is narrowing the habitats where conditions are suitable for their survival.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024

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