population
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Boston does have a fast grower on its doorstep: the small city of Everett, Mass., where the population rose 4.6% to more than 53,000 in the last measured year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The project became one of the largest whole-genome studies ever conducted on a non-European population.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Yates, from Crackington Haven, said she wanted the bank to "reconsider their policy" as she believed it "disenfranchises the rural population".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
It added nearly 13,000 people in the year through mid-2025, boosting its population to more than 64,400.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
On their way, she passed all the full picnic tables occupied by who she guessed were people from different reserves or urban locations heavy with an Indigenous population.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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