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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a populous manner; with many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.

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  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    Vince Barabba: One More Victory for Democracy as Citizens Redistricting Commission Clears Another Hurdle Vince Barabba 2012

  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    Vince Barabba: One More Victory for Democracy as Citizens Redistricting Commission Clears Another Hurdle Vince Barabba 2012

  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    Vince Barabba: One More Victory for Democracy as Citizens Redistricting Commission Clears Another Hurdle Vince Barabba 2012

  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    Vince Barabba: One More Victory for Democracy as Citizens Redistricting Commission Clears Another Hurdle Vince Barabba 2012

  • No disrespect meant toward Ford's lavishly designed and populously cast production, he's quick to add.

    'A Christmas Carol,' without the chorus Jane Horwitz 2010

  • The Cœlian mount is added to the city, and in order that it might be inhabited more populously, Tullus selects that situation for his palace and there took up his abode.

    The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

  • Novelism is a field so filled with copy-holders, so populously tenanted in common, that it requires no light investigation to find a site unoccupied, and a hero or heroine waiting to be hired.

    The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

  • Novelism is a field so filled with copy-holders, so populously tenanted in common, that it requires no light investigation to find a site unoccupied, and a hero or heroine waiting to be hired.

    An Author's Mind : The Book of Title-pages Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Vince Barabba 2012

  • In a mere eight months the first ever Citizens Commission set up a new state organization, hired staff and consultants, held 34 public input meetings -- hearing from over 2,700 speakers and received over 20,000 comments in writing -- and drew lines that complied with the law and reflected the integrity and diversity of our populously and geographically mammoth state.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Vince Barabba 2012

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