bar chart

noun

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Pixar opening weekends over the last decade Opening weekend vs. gross domestic box office The hot dog bar chart shows domestic box office totals for Pixar opening weekends from 2015 through 2025. Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 26 June 2025 From June 19, 1985 onwards A bar chart showing the win percentage of England's Test cricket captains in the last 40 years. Paul Newman, New York Times, 19 June 2025 This bar chart ranks prices for a pound of pork bacon in 11 U.S. metro areas. Joe Murphy, NBC news, 12 June 2025 This bar chart compares total pardons issued per term and during the first year of a term by recent U.S. presidents. Josh Feldman, NBC news, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bar chart

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bar chart was in 1904

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“Bar chart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bar%20chart. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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