How to Use statistic in a Sentence
statistic
noun- One statistic that stuck out is that 40 percent of those surveyed did not have college degrees.
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The Lone Star State leads the nation in the statistic since 2017, and by a wide margin.
— Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2023 -
UConn, 50th in the statistic, will need to avoid three-and-outs and keep the ball moving down the field to have a chance.
— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Ime Udoka, the coach of the Celtics, was acutely aware of that statistic.
— New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 -
The Rockets are 12th in that statistic, 13 spots higher than the Suns.
— Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2022 -
These short-term statistics, of course, are not the end of the story by any means.
— David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 -
The statistic is that most people do not make it to five years of teaching.
— James Brown, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022 -
Both of those statistics are records for Texas tight ends.
— Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Dec. 2024 -
The block was the only statistic that the rookie guard posted in the contest against the Trail Blazers.
— Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 -
Users have noted a longer wait time and lack of statistics in this year's Wrapped.
— Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024 -
Th the background check is, is a striking statistic, but so are the bar charts of deaths by, by gunshots?
— Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 June 2022 -
That is quite the statistic, and one that has caused the quick spike in popularity for this brand.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022 -
UConn’s offense was near the bottom of the FBS in nearly every statistic in 2021.
— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2022 -
That’s because the grim statistics of the police blotter fail to tell the full story.
— Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024 -
Some statistics from that year give ideas of where Hughes’ guns might have come from.
— Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024 -
That's a fairly clear statistic that many of your listeners would be able to track.
— CBS News, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The statistic does not include anyone who watched the series from a laptop, tablet or cell phone.
— Breanna Bell, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Fewer births have come along with that statistic in South Korea.
— John Yoon, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The statistics—the refuge of the loser—show that England, over the match, was only slightly better.
— Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023 -
There’s no more startling statistic than rebounding — Colorado whipped the Beavers 46-26 on the glass.
— oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023 -
The statistic is buried deep in a study by the Pew Research Center released in January 2021.
— Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 -
The most alarming statistic is the high unemployment rate for youth.
— Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 -
And in a statistic that is very telling to this scout, the Dodgers collective Earned Run Average was a very snappy 2.80, the best in baseball.
— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022 -
The information dates to the 2020 tax year, as the IRS hasn't released more recent statistics.
— The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024 -
But for the seasons where the tackle-for-loss statistic has been in use, one of the best at recording them has Alabama football roots.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 July 2022 -
If your giftee has been lamenting their screen time statistics, help them out with this handy phone lock box.
— Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 23 Nov. 2024 -
Kendrick said he’s heard and read where some won’t acknowledge statistics from the Negro Leagues.
— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024 -
The statistic is based on the number of hospital beds taken by Covid patients.
— Erika Edwards, NBC News, 12 July 2022 -
Of course, strength of schedule in the preseason can be a misleading statistic.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022 -
The radio stations would call him back with their statistics — the number of Evergreen songs added to their playlists and number of times those songs played.
— Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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