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Recent Examples of census
In fact, as researchers led by MIT economist David Autor have found in examining 80 years of census data, most jobs today are in occupations that that didn’t exist in 1940.
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Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The push comes mid-decade, which is extremely rare as states typically only redraw districts every 10 years with new census data.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Channel 4 spent the majority (70%) of its budget on shows from larger production houses that have revenues of £70M plus, the census revealed.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Gardin was intuitively interested in class, and undertook census-like studies, along the lines of August Sander’s taxonomy of social types, of Italians from all parts of society at work and in their homes.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Jamie Merisotis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The push comes mid-decade, which is extremely rare as states typically only redraw districts every 10 years with new census data.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
At the same time, Channel 4 spent the majority (70%) of its budget on shows from larger production houses that have revenues of £70M plus, the census revealed.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Gardin was intuitively interested in class, and undertook census-like studies, along the lines of August Sander’s taxonomy of social types, of Italians from all parts of society at work and in their homes.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for census
Noun
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The defendant is now charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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That’s three plums lined up like weary soldiers at reveille by my count.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As Man’s Best Friend gets off to a fantastic start, two of Carpenter’s previous full-lengths either rise across multiple rosters or bounce back onto several tallies.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Penalties on penalties on penalties, gracious hosts, UCLA’s 13 flags Friday gifted the Lobos 116 yards – running the season’s tally to 30 penalties for 275 yards.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Census.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/census. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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