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A certain level of immigration is also desirable to avoid population declines in aging Western nations, which could spark a vicious cycle of ever fewer workers and falling consumer demand, Manning and others argue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

The price hike didn’t help much, since fewer than 100 signed up, so he appealed to his followers on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Only Belgium's Romelu Lukaku, with nine games, has made fewer appearances this season that Gavi's 14, among the 260 players on this list.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

This year it’s 4.42%, the biggest one-year jump in recent memory, driven mostly by Americans having fewer children than the actuaries assumed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The official idea is that the students have a “more intimate seventh-grade experience”: smaller classes with fewer different kids in each and teams of teachers dedicated to those fewer kids specifically.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz