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

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 haze also drove air quality in Singapore's central region to an "unhealthy" level on Friday, the country's National Environment Agency data showed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

In Harris County, a proposed Flock contract amendment initially included the explicit authorisation to share camera data with federal law enforcement, but this provision was later removed after push-back from campaigners.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Republican Congressman Keith Self has proposed legislation that would require federal agencies to get warrants before accessing Flock data.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

U.S. stocks fell after surprisingly strong jobs data muddied the outlook for Federal Reserve policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

“You’ve handled us out of all the data we’ve financed,” General Knox said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste