datum

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

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

The street level along West 26th Street is more than three feet above that datum.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017

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

For the seventh consecutive week, less than 10mm of rain fell across the country, with east and south-east England seeing less than 1mm of rain, according to data from the agency's latest drought summary.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

And unlike classic surveillance cameras, which are not networked, this data is stored for up to a month and shareable, sometimes across state lines.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

China has also sent more battery storage units this year, according to the data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

Across the country, only 19% of the waste management workforce is female, according to data from the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Inaccurate data from countries with high incidences of MDR have made it difficult for pharmaceutical companies to meet demand for these drugs consistently, and therefore market prices have fluctuated.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French