populous state

collocation in English

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populous
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.ləs/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.ləs/
A populous country, area, or place has a lot of people living ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofpopulousandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Pennsylvania was the mostpopulousstateof the three during this period, with a strong manufacturing sector and a developed primary sector economy.
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It is the nation's third mostpopulousstateat over 19 million people.
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The state is the 20th mostpopulousstateof the country having 0.84% of the population on 1.69% of the land.
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It is the 9th largest and 27th mostpopulousstate.
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It is the 2nd leastpopulousstatein the country.
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Despite that, it is the sixth mostpopulousstate, with approximately 6 million persons.
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This left the national league without a representative from the countrys third mostpopulousstate.
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California has emerged as the mostpopulousstateand one of the top 10 economies in the world.
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With over 200 million inhabitants in 2011, it is the mostpopulousstatein the country as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world.
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Wyoming for instance, despite being the leastpopulousstate, received more funding per capita in homeland security grants than any other state in 2004.
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Clearly, police misconduct is pronounced in parts of the nation outside the most populous states.
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Democratic legitimacy demands that the relative influence of the more populous states is increased.
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It was weighted toward the interests of the larger, more populous states.
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The rejection of these referendums was due to the less populous states voting contrary to the most populous states.
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The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population.
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Populous states objected to the plan, however, because it would have always scheduled their primaries at the end of the season.
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He fought hard to protect the rights of the less populous states, arguing for a strong upper house organised along state lines.
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It was weighted toward the interests of the smaller, less populous states.
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The nine most populous states contain slightly more than half of the total population.
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Additionally, if not unified populous states, motivated by greed might plunder weaker states for their resources.
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