statistic
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The experienced driver, from Birmingham, who now lives in Cannock, Staffordshire, still remembers the moment, shortly after passing his test, when he almost became a statistic himself.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Another relevant statistic is the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that each year invests in the U.S. stock with the largest market cap as of the end of the previous year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
Three years later, its year-end report flaunts another statistic: Vinyl record sales surpassed $1 billion in 2025 — the first time since 1983.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
That statistic comes from the LAHSA, a city-county joint agency that sends trained volunteers into the streets each February to count the people living there.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
This seems a fairly arresting statistic until two more facts are taken into account.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
These routes also allow certain quantum states to move through the material while undergoing fewer changes to their statistics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
BBC Sport takes a look at the statistics that put the former England white-ball captain among the greats of the T20 game, and the reasons behind his remarkable longevity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
There aren’t national statistics for the number of workers’ compensation lawyers, but Alaska and other states have faced shortages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
But any and all statistics obscure the larger point: If you’re a Brewers fan, when is your year?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
One commentator notes: “The statistics from the Southern states are truly amazing. For ten years, 1954–1964, virtually nothing happened.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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