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population

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


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California is home to an estimated 1.2 million Jewish people, representing the second-largest Jewish population in the United States after New York.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

In Cibolo, a city north of San Antonio with a population of 36,000, an authority grant multiplied the number of Flock cameras from 11 to 52.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

For Kenyan geographer Kioko Muendo, this has implicitly downplayed Africa's vast resources, population and investment opportunities.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Studying bonnetheads across a wider geographic range could also reveal population differences that might otherwise remain hidden.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The slave trade had become less profitable during the Revolution as slaveholders relied more on the natural increase of their enslaved population.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

More than seven decades of separation between the country and Taiwan have not only produced different governments, but also populations with different inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

It said "loss of or disturbance" to roosts, external in trees on the grounds, which provide shelter for bats, would result in "adverse effects" on the local populations of two common and widespread species.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“UCLA Health’s long-standing commitment to serving vulnerable populations in Southern California is well-established,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

PI16+ fibroblasts also reacted differently to inflammatory signals than other fibroblast populations.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

The multicultural perspective tends to cast Indigenous peoples in general as an oppressed racial group without considering important political differences between the Native nations and other oppressed populations.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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