[ US /ˈsɛnsəs/ ]
[ UK /sˈɛnsəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a periodic count of the population
VERB
  1. conduct a census
    They censused the deer in the forest
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How To Use census In A Sentence

  • Canadians were unhappy with so-called intrusive questions, the aggravation of filling it out and even a few were convinced the census was part of a government plot, according to Thestar.com - Home Page
  • Roderick Little, a University of Michigan biostatistician, will become associate director for statistical methodology and standards at the Census Bureau beginning in September. Robert Groves Names Roderick Little, U Of Mich. Statistician, To New Census Post
  • Firstly, exact data on the overall population can be obtained from the annually updated census list based statistics.
  • The industry is highly vertically integrated, with poultry production companies (known as integrators) contracting with farmers (referred to as growers) to raise the birds prior to slaughter Number of broilers and other meat-type chickens sold in the United States, 2007 (Source: USDA Census of Agriculture, 2007). PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • In America, Hollerith, working on census returns, developed a machine using electric current and capable of analysing returns at speed.
  • In the census of 1850, the term mulatto appears for the first time due primarily to inter-marriage between Irish and African Americans. Terrance Heath: Sotomayor and the Vulcan Standard, Pt. 2
  • Some redistricting after the 1990 census was not settled until 1996, he said. Houston Chronicle
  • But adults say they believe there are tastier burgers elsewhere, a disturbing fact when Census Bureau trends show an aging population.
  • This is a particularly cruel irony because as the 1911 census revealed doctors had the smallest families of all categories of occupations.
  • The best time of the year to census goatsuckers is early in the breeding season when birds are most vocal.
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