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

The FT’s article reports that the Chinese government discussed restricting the transfer of important data abroad and limiting the downloads of models by foreign users.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Just over 2 million people visited the park by the end of June, a 10% increase compared with last year’s visitation data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

But Prof Beaumont said to supply data centres, the government needed to focus on delivering abundant and reliable energy for the grid immediately.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Official data from the first quarter of 2026 shows that deforestation is at its lowest-ever rate this decade, with Lula pledging to eradicate the practice by 2030.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

“The methods of working with that data to really tease out the important information have come a very, very long way,” Krippner said.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone