population
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The immigration downturn and an aging population have dramatically reduced the number of jobs the U.S. economy needs to create to keep unemployment low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Leighton Newman, Skomer Island Warden for WTSWW, said: "After the tragic number of seabirds washing up on beaches across southern Europe earlier this year... it's a very pleasant surprise to see the puffin population thriving."
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
DNA analysis confirmed that this population forms its own separate evolutionary branch.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
In the event of an overwhelming rebuke of Mr. Monopoly, the vote may expand to the greater town population.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
On March 12, 1938, Hitler ordered his army to march into Austria, a country that had a large ethnic German population.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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