decennial
adjective
de·cen·ni·al
di-ˈse-nē-əl 
1
: consisting of or lasting for 10 years
2
: occurring or being done every 10 years
the decennial census
decennial
noun
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The decennial count determines each state's share of House representatives and electoral college votes.
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Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 6 May 2024
The state Department of Finance uses the decennial federal census, combined with records for births, deaths, and people moving to make annual population estimates for California’s counties and cities for planning and the appropriation of funds.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Last year, the state Democratic Party lost control of the decennial redistricting process, blew a bunch of close races, and helped hand control of the House of Representatives to the Republican Party.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
In 2020, the decennial U.S. census recorded the second-lowest decade of relative population growth since the first census was taken in 1790.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
But as its name suggests, the decennial census is conducted every ten years.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
That’s because, to split the state roughly evenly into 40 Senate districts, the decennial redistricting in 2021 couldn’t always follow natural political and geographic divisions.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
The Census Bureau recently announced that 3.5 million people listed a MENA origin in the 2020 decennial census, but the numbers included only those who first identified as white.
—Denise Lu, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
His tax proposal is just one of many that have been presented to the Tax Revision Commission during this decennial reconsideration.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 6 May 2024
The state Department of Finance uses the decennial federal census, combined with records for births, deaths, and people moving to make annual population estimates for California’s counties and cities for planning and the appropriation of funds.
—Harriet Blair Rowan, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
Last year, the state Democratic Party lost control of the decennial redistricting process, blew a bunch of close races, and helped hand control of the House of Representatives to the Republican Party.
—Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
In 2020, the decennial U.S. census recorded the second-lowest decade of relative population growth since the first census was taken in 1790.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
But as its name suggests, the decennial census is conducted every ten years.
—Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 25 Mar. 2024
That’s because, to split the state roughly evenly into 40 Senate districts, the decennial redistricting in 2021 couldn’t always follow natural political and geographic divisions.
—East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
The Census Bureau recently announced that 3.5 million people listed a MENA origin in the 2020 decennial census, but the numbers included only those who first identified as white.
—Denise Lu, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
His tax proposal is just one of many that have been presented to the Tax Revision Commission during this decennial reconsideration.
—Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
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decennial
adjective
de·cen·ni·al
di-ˈsen-ē-əl
1
: consisting of 10 years
2
: happening every 10 years
decennial census
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