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population

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


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"We're working hard to increase representation, so we can be even more confident in how this generalizes to the population at large, especially communities typically underrepresented in research."

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

And all of this demand from a small sector of the population is likely to drive inflation even higher.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 13, 2026

That leaves the economy with one group of people potentially struggling with debts, set against an overall borrowing population that is fairly healthy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

For voters who have not yet made up their minds, a key question is how exactly a population cap would work.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

In general, then, there was a direct and nearly perfect correlation between demography and ideology—that is, between the ratio of blacks to whites in the population and the reluctance to consider abolition.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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