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populous

[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp yə ləs /


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With the Unesco recognition, my beloved, chaotic, eclectic city - the capital of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh - is finally in the spotlight for what has always defined its soul: a passion for food.

From BBC

Bishop Hicks, 58, will lead one of the Roman Catholic Church's most populous and important postings in the US.

From BBC

For a movie theater this spectacular to exist smack-dab in the middle of one of the least populous American states defies all logic.

From Salon

Why was the nation’s most populous county, built on land vulnerable to intense fire, flooding and earthquakes, not more prepared?

From Los Angeles Times

It calls for harnessing abundant power resources in the nation’s west to meet AI-driven demand from the populous east.

From The Wall Street Journal