census-taking
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Nearly half of today’s identified colonies were discovered in the last 15 years by Fretwell, who pioneered the science of penguin census-taking by satellite.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Strictly speaking, census-taking might have operated apart from these factors, but counting the populace has never been a simple math problem.
From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022
In April, 2020 Census state population totals showed the United States grew by just 7.4 percent in the past decade, more slowly than any decade except the 1930s since census-taking started in 1790.
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021
Doctors and nurses, in Harris County and elsewhere, have begun a worrying and familiar census-taking of ventilators and personal protective equipment.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2020
Lay your plans carefully for the census-taking, then complete the job quickly.
From The Boy and the Sunday School A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys by Alexander, John L.
