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

“The data affords patience for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The data include traffic incidents and reports submitted by law enforcement agencies across the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

"We're a small island but the internet is borderless, we need more compute within our shores," he said - suggesting the UK needed to build more data centres.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

“He called me Helen and told me it’s my job to collect data on sharks.”

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen