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

Federal Reserve Gov. Chris Waller on Tuesday put the possibility of a half-point rate hike into the mix, depending how hot consumer price data for October comes in.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Investors will look to the data due at 1330 GMT for signs on whether the energy shock caused by the Middle East conflict has affected price pressures more broadly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

He was also the proposition’s largest supporter, pouring $45 million into the campaign, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

In June, a statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme Medicare was hacked by a rogue OpenAI agent.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Borrowing one of Farmer’s famous lines in debate, Jim said, “On what data exactly do you base that statement?”

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