statistic
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There is one conclusion to draw from that statistic: It is becoming increasingly urgent for Alonso to stop Chelsea from conceding.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Perhaps that’s another statistic we should have — how long can you be touring before you get to play the Hollywood Bowl as a headliner?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Changes in the statistic from year to year reflect changes in public health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bessent, in other words, picked the one statistic that told a happy story and built a press appearance around it, while the broader data he was being asked about pointed the other way.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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A lot of it now is AI music — just look at the statistics of how many songs are being released now compared to even like 10 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Robinson has ruled England's summer, taking his 28 wickets at an average of 9.32; the sort of statistics in keeping with Test cricket from before World War I.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Gross domestic product rose 0.4% at the start of the third quarter, following a rise of 0.3% in June, the U.K.’s statistics agency said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The median full-time worker makes $65,000 each year, based on annualized Labor Department statistics for the second quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
There were no statistics about how many others died from infectious and other diseases.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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