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 — Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 The Tennessee legislature first repealed a decades-old state law preventing lawmakers from redistricting between censuses as the first step in an effort to turn another seat in the state’s House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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  • Trending Video Inside Andy Cohen’s Hamptons Beach Home Ahead, AD tallies up the different properties Serena has added to her real estate portfolio.
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  • Some early tallies came from case surveillance — the fast, preliminary reports that health departments send to the CDC when a person with a positive test dies.
    — Jess Steier, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026
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“Censuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/censuses. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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