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Normalized population density for word "instead" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.9406
1880s : 0.7475
1890s : 0.6995
1900s : 0.5185
1910s : 0.5203
1920s : 0.7219
1930s : 0.8794
1940s : 0.8350
1950s : 1.0043
1960s : 1.0180
1970s : 1.0321
1980s : 1.0532
1990s : 1.0958
2000s : 1.1960
2010s : 1.1061