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
Her death made no sense to me, other than as a brute datum.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2021
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
The rate is up 26% from 2017, the furthest back the survey data go, and amounts to well over 1,000 attacks a month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The US economy has also been heavily supported in recent years by American technology companies making massive investments in AI, including by constructing data centres around the country.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
AstraZeneca is partnering with Oracle to use artificial intelligence, cloud and data capabilities to refine clinical research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
He describes himself as having years of experience in customer service and data entry, an open mind and the willingness to always lend a hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
She pointed to the blue-and-yellow data wires that ran in a clear tube along the ceiling.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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