statistic
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At the same time, profits across a sample of 110 for-profit utilities rose from just under $39 billion in 2021 to more than $52 billion in 2024 — a statistic already appearing in campaign speeches.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"My dad was a person, he was not just a number or a statistic," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The vanishing summer job is two experiences buried in one statistic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
At first blush, his lifetime Wins Above Replacement of 0.3 would indicate that he’s little better than the fictional minor league “replacement player” to which MLB players are compared in calculating the statistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Though it’s been quoted widely since then, the statistic isn’t strong enough to support the burden placed on it.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
The statistics bureau said the headline slowdown was primarily driven by decelerating gasoline price growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Those statistics are the defining characteristics that distinguish one quantum state from another.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 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
The cost of health benefits has been rising since the second half of 2025 on a year-over-year basis, the agency’s statistics show.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Benjamin Rush attacked the mild methods used by Jean Devèze and others, even though he had no real statistics to back his claims.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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