statistical
adjective
sta·tis·ti·cal
stə-ˈti-sti-kəl 
: of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics
statistical analysis
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Main Street declined to comment on the statistical balance between these, but said the principal breaches relate to holdings linked to controversial weapons and violations of of OECD guidelines for business.
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Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The study, published in the medical journal JAMA by the Benioff Homeless and Housing Initiative at UC San Francisco, gives a complex statistical picture of a topic that has been fraught by conflicting narratives.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Even before the boycott took off, preliminary data from Canada's national statistical agency also found that the number of Canadians returning home from trips to the U.S. had declined for the first time in January since the COVID pandemic; however, the fall was only 0.9 percent.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The McCleskey decision found that statistical racial disparities in convictions were not enough to show discrimination and that purposeful racial discrimination needed to be proven.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Heather Farmbrough, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
The study, published in the medical journal JAMA by the Benioff Homeless and Housing Initiative at UC San Francisco, gives a complex statistical picture of a topic that has been fraught by conflicting narratives.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025
Even before the boycott took off, preliminary data from Canada's national statistical agency also found that the number of Canadians returning home from trips to the U.S. had declined for the first time in January since the COVID pandemic; however, the fall was only 0.9 percent.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
The McCleskey decision found that statistical racial disparities in convictions were not enough to show discrimination and that purposeful racial discrimination needed to be proven.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for statistical
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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