in a state
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In 1862 there was no accurate tallying, but in a state of 400,000 people, as many as 4,000 may have died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
If you are in a state with no income taxes or with a low tax rate, you might not even bother trying to stay within your state when selecting individual munis.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Happy Friday and happy last blast of summer unless you live in a state where summer sticks around until Halloween.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
"If we don't live here and now, then when should we live, when we are in a state of war?"
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“In another work I shall discuss, if time and health permit, the variability of organic beings in a state of nature,” Darwin had written in 1868.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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