populous

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Cotality continues to have transaction delays from the recording office in Wayne County, the most populous county in the Detroit metro area, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The authorities warned that a dam in Oahu, the state's most populous island, was at risk of collapse.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Starmer welcomed Tinubu to Downing Street for talks on the second and last day of the first state visit by the leader of Africa's most populous nation to Britain in 37 years.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The revenue-share deal was agreed for Vena’s 204-megawatt Bellambi Heights battery energy storage system project in New South Wales, home to the city of Sydney and Australia’s most populous state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Virginia is the most populous state with 880,000 residents, nearly 347,000 of them enslaved.

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