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population

[pop-yuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌpɒp yəˈleɪ ʃən /


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The researchers have made the eGFR distribution charts freely available to healthcare professionals and created an online calculator that shows where a patient falls within age-based population norms.

From Science Daily

Without another word, my aunt whisked her entire clothespin population back into the box and went into the house.

From Literature

Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, rose to 1.84 million in the week through Jan. 24, from 1.82 million a week earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal

We walked to the end of town, where spring-fed pools hold the fate of the only population of Shoshone pupfish in the world.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's very dangerous and costly for the population," he said.

From Barron's