Since rates are computed by dividing the number of cases by the population at risk in a specified time period, then by definition, if the number of cases stays the same but the size of the denominator shrinks, the rates will be higher.
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Nancy Krieger,
STAT,
9 Oct. 2026
Every decision—what to recommend, what to rank, what to suppress—is computed for that one customer at that one moment.
At the Vatican a day earlier, Leo told the teams from alma mater Villanova and fellow Catholic university Notre Dame that in matters of sport, the pontiff was neutral.
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Andrew Dampf,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Nov. 2026
In other cases, developers have told towns that decade-old ideas for enormous retail development of open parcels simply aren’t practical anymore.
But with votes still being tallied, their potential losses nationally appeared well short of that.
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Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2026
The caucus is likely to at least double its ranks as results continue to be tallied, with more than 10 candidates winning or on their way to victory as of Wednesday.
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