How to Use datum in a Sentence

datum

noun
  • Many months of detailed analysis and checking of the data followed, as did time for a careful write-up our findings.
    Simon Lewis, Quartz Africa, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Tech companies aren't alone in maintaining vast troves of customer location data.
    Brian Fung, CNN, 18 Mar. 2020
  • An international team of astronomers harnessed a wealth of data to make the discovery.
    Fox News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Many migrants who have been returned to Mexico—about half, according to recent data—simply drop their claims before they are decided.
    Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The Supreme Court weighed in later Thursday on a separate issue: the use of cellphone data to track citizens as part of the effort to fight the virus.
    David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Much has been made, however, about the lack of good data floating around because there's almost certainly at least a decent amount of undetected mild or asymptomatic cases.
    TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Alonso-Álvarez hopes to test his idea by seeking a signal of self-interacting dark matter in upcoming pulsar timing array data.
    Jonathan O’Callaghan, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Twenty-two years later, that overwhelming majority had shrunk to 37%, according to census data cited by a city dashboard.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • That's up from 43% in June and 25% in May, according to the data.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Troubling data indicate the worst may still be to come in many parts of the world.
    Time, 16 Apr. 2020
  • At the end of the process, there is no record of the original training data inside the model.
    Joella Carman, NBC News, 17 May 2023
  • But all the data and transparency in the world won’t mean much if viewers don’t buy it.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Because the use of the drug for weight loss is so new, data on the long-term effects is unavailable.
    Sarah Sloat, Health, 30 Mar. 2023
  • More: Check out the Detroit Free Press’ data tracking for more.
    Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The deal saw the streamers agree to release some data privately to the union to help gauge what shows are hits, and which are not.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
  • The app measures the light’s brightness and reports that data to researchers.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Decibel had a staff of 68 last year, according to the data firm PitchBook.
    Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
  • During all of the tests, images of people’s faces were blurred and data was kept for a maximum of 14 days.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Average hourly wages surged 4.1% over the year ending in May, the fresh data on Friday showed.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 June 2024
  • Nielsen’s streaming data for the week of June 24-30 finally caught up to those of us existing in the present on Thursday.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
  • There is a tension in the data that says on the one hand, how many people want the job and, on the other hand, how unhappy drivers are with their pay.
    Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The airport was the 4th most complained about on Twitter according to Price4Limo data.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2023
  • The social network is also putting its location data to use in an effort to help track the global spread of the virus.
    Erin Brodwin, STAT, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The team is still processing data for lemon trees and alfalfa.
    The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • There were 57 people shot, 5 of them fatally, in the same period last year, data show.
    Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • Last year, three people were killed in pursuits by troopers, state police data shows, up from none in 2021.
    Grant Lancaster, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2023
  • TikTok maintains it has never been requested to turn over any kind of data and won’t do so if asked.
    Haleluya Hadero, Chron, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The procedure is so new that there is not yet published data to compare the results with standard surgery.
    Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The act of collecting this data is a sweeping form of surveillance no matter the target.
    Dell Cameron, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Hints of what and their residents and staff are going through have emerged from the states that have started publicly sharing data about them.
    Thomas Perls, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2020

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