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      "route to population entries"
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      "usual residents in census definitions",
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        "Undercounting people denies communities funding and representation."
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        "Residents",
        "Undocumented and homeless people",
        "Minority communities"
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        "Population and civil registers",
        "Census statistics"
      ]
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      "id": "wikipedia-de",
      "title": "Wikipedia (de): Einwohner",
      "url": "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohner",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits census?",
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                  }
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                  }
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                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
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                    "text": "How are inhabitants named by demonyms, and how is inhabitant used in different languages?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits demonym?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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                    "text": "How is the term used for animals and organisms of a habitat?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits habitat?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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    "Should resident and population be the primary linked entries?",
    "How should census standards be linked?",
    "How should the ecological sense be recorded?"
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}