censuses

plural of census
as in counts
a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park

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Recent Examples of censuses Unlike other areas, its share of farms with over $250,000 in annual sales grew between USDA censuses. Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 The Tennessee legislature first repealed a decades-old state law preventing lawmakers from redistricting between censuses as the first step in an effort to turn another seat in the state’s House delegation red. Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 7 May 2026 In the 1870 and 1880 censuses, Rosario was still listed as a servant in Romero’s household. Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026 To be sure, there’s nothing in federal or state law preventing Democrats and Republicans from redrawing congressional maps in between censuses. David M. Drucker, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026 North Korea does not regularly publish demographic figures, so analysts must extrapolate from past censuses and indirect surveys. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025 California’s independent redistricting commission, in plans drawn after the 2010 and 2020 censuses, adopted that interpretation, and the newly gerrymandered districts do as well. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025 Combining data from more than 24,000 sources, including surveys and censuses, the report includes mortality estimates during crises like COVID-19. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025 States controlled by either Democrats or Republicans have already undertaken pretty egregious gerrymanders during previous regular redistricting processes, particularly following the 2010 and 2020 censuses. Charlie Hunt, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • Hidden like counts, disabled autoplay by default, and a ban on extreme makeup filters in addition to Meta’s existing cosmetic-surgery filter ban.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy, 36, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of her children — Cora, Dawson and Callan, all younger than 6 — who were discovered strangled at the family's home in January 2023.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Fleetwood Mac is one of the rare groups that regularly places on multiple tallies with several albums.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Part of the reason Jordan doesn’t have more tallies on the list is because his 1986 Fleer rookie card isn’t super scarce.
    Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The Los Angeles Daily News football wrap includes local and regional scores, game stories and photo galleries from the games Thursday and Friday in Week 0.
    Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • OCVarsity’s stories, scores, photos and more from the high school football games Friday.
    OCVarsity sports staff, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026

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