data set

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"Over the last 30 years, we've been collecting bathing water samples once a week through the summer and that long-term data set gives you the best idea of where is safest to swim."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Policymakers will have a more comprehensive data set in April, including the Tankan corporate sentiment survey and insights from the BOJ’s regional branch managers’ meeting shortly after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“It’s difficult to characterize these results as meaningfully differentiated from Orfo or oral Wegovy until we get a more robust data set for aleniglipron,” wrote the RBC analyst.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Vanda Research, which has a proprietary data set that tracks retail investors’ buying and selling in popular stocks and ETFs, found that retail buying in a handful of crude-oil ETFs has soared.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

But keep in mind that these are the most common names of all, and consider the size of the data set.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt