populous
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Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation and a net oil importer.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
But the tight result shows the Andean nation remains deeply divided between the populous coast and the more rural, Indigenous south.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
In America’s least populous state, companies must import armies of workers—and find somewhere to put them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Ballots are still being counted in the nation's most populous state, home to about 23 million registered voters, and results could take weeks due to millions of mail-in ballots.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Everything they saw suggested "that at no very remote period this country had been far more populous than at present."
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing populous
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