populous
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As developers build massive data centers in America’s least populous state, they must import armies of workers—and find somewhere to put them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
In America’s least populous state, companies must import armies of workers—and find somewhere to put them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
But the result shows the Andean nation remains deeply divided between the populous coast and the more rural, Indigenous south.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It is the most populous state in the US and is the fifth largest economy in the world in its own right.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Such bureaucracies were essential not only to governing large and populous domains but also to maintaining standing armies, sending out fleets of exploration, and organizing wars of conquest.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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"Othello" by William Shakespeare, Act IV-V
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