datum
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So went the prohibition on artificial intelligence in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune,” and what was then a datum of fictional world-building is now a real and pressing concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
“The horizontal buildings and concrete walls are a datum against which the landscape can be seen,” Mr. Williams said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Moving in tandem through a sequence of points, the team builds up a series of height marks relative to a known baseline, or datum.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2019
Researchers rate each datum for accuracy, using a system developed by SFEI.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2019
No plural form is necessary, and the old singular, datum, can be left to the Romans.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Venture capitalist Brad Gerstner estimated that 25% to 35% of next year’s U.S. data center build-out could be at risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa lamented during her campaign that the state had become a “wild west” for data center development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Exports of crude oil from the Persian Gulf averaged 17.1 million barrels a day in October, according to ship-tracking data, down from September, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
About 56% of voters nationally said data centers were a crucial or major factor in their picks for Congress, according to a national survey conducted by polling firm SSRS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
She was recording data in a notebook when she saw them.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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