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Default Usage of Peoples

Can peoples be used under any circumstances in a grammatically correct sentence?
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Old 04-Nov-2006, 20:33
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Yes: when it means the same as "nations" or "tribes":

There are many people in this room. [A group of individuals.]

The indigenous peoples of America were almost wiped out by the Europeans. [The various nations and other groupings that lived in the Americas.]
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