populous
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Health and Human Services secretary had been mired in the single digits in polling to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom and lead the nation’s most populous state.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Among the 25 most populous metro areas in the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
But his and millions of others' commutes have been snarled by brutal temperatures as Africa's most populous country fights a heatwave.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
A smaller 2026 crop, with rising demand for livestock feed in some of the most populous countries, including China and India, will put pressure on global corn prices, affecting everyone regardless of their nationality.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
A major reason is that Aborigines remained hunter-gatherers, whereas, as we saw in Chapters 12-14, those developments arose elsewhere only in populous and economically specialized societies of food producers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Much Ado: Synonyms for "Many"
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