CENSUS in a Sentence

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Immigration, which census figures show declined sharply from the Depression through the 1960s, reached a historic low point this year.

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 Meanings and Examples of CENSUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
census
 n.  official examination of the details of a country's population
Classic Sentence:
1  Though nominally included in the census of Christendom, he was still an alien to it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
2  It was about this epoch that Enjolras, in view of a possible catastrophe, instituted a kind of mysterious census.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—ENJOLRAS AND HIS LIEUTENANTS
Example Sentence:
1  There's been no census since the war began, but it's clear a huge proportion of Sri Lankan Tamils have been uprooted from their homes by this conflict.
2  Immigration, which census figures show declined sharply from the Depression through the 1960s, reached a historic low point this year.
3  Most birds are still sleeping at that time, but nocturnal avian populations cannot be overlooked in the annual bird census.
4  A question on ethnic origin was included in the census.