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people - noun and verb

 

Example: “… that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” —Abraham Lincoln, “Gettysburg Address,” Nov. 19, 1863. noun

Example: He decided to people his staff with college graduates. verb

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