statistic
Example Sentences
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If I became another statistic on those charts I was obsessively tracking, what would I be proud of and what would I regret?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
“There’s a statistic about men receiving flowers for the first time at their funerals, and I think we have changed that,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Wolves' time-wasting jibe was followed by an Opta statistic that Arsenal have taken a league-high total of 117 minutes to restart games from corners this season.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
That, in turn, prompted Bale to look at foster care, leading him to a startling statistic: Roughly 75% of siblings entering foster care in the U.S. end up being separated and having to live apart.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Since the day we enter this world we were a label, a number, a statistic, that’s just the way it is.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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