How to Use statistical in a Sentence

statistical

adjective
  • The Aztecs piled up statistical wins all over the sheet.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The evening is set to present crucial tests for both candidates in a race that polls show to be in a statistical dead heat.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Utah ranks in the lower third of the conference in most statistical categories in all three phases of the game.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 5 May 2023
  • Cook is the only player in the nation to reach those two statistical standards in the same game this season.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Anne of Green Gables is an anomaly, The Adversary is a statistical truth.
    Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The race is currently locked in a statistical tie, with most recent polls giving a slight edge to Milei.
    David Unsworth, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Each player led the team in those statistical categories for the game.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There were mistakes, sure, but as a whole, the passing game did look a lot better from a statistical standpoint.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But this season is, so far, the best statistical campaign of his career.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • The study doesn’t have enough statistical power to tell whether the differences observed between the two groups were due to chance or the treatment.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
  • His statistical career year aside, what Brissett has meant to the Browns runs deeper than anything on the field.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The statistical power that comes with such numbers enabled the team to make two key advances.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • In the study, the team used sports-analysis and statistical software to compare videos and still-frames of chimpanzees and small monkeys called mangabeys climbing in the wild.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Indeed, the ugly numbers that once marred Stone’s statistical slate have long been wiped clean.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • By far the biggest statistical difference between the two teams on Sunday night was at the 3-point arc.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The study found no statistical similarities among the people who shared the same star sign.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The idea that statistical methods can compensate for gaps in the fossil record has been met with doubts from some experts.
    Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Arkansas did not have a turnover against the Rebels, winning the statistical battle 3-0.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Although some statistical reports show that 300 hours is the average study time, for some, this will be too much, and for others, not enough.
    Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But there’s nothing in this team’s statistical profile that screams fluke.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • Duke is on a 10 game win streak, but Tennessee has the slight statistical advantage.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • But with only five floats in the Fiesta warehouse, the statistical sample is small.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Much of Curry’s impact goes beyond the box score, but his statistical case is waning.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 12 May 2024
  • The statistical landslide appeared to eliminate the need for a rematch, but the contract gave the losing fighter the option to trigger one.
    Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 30 July 2023
  • Despite its higher statistical success, Jeon said, the bank shot isn’t easy to master.
    John Yoon, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There’s been the occasional statistical blip—like when Gen Z drivers recently triggered a slight sales bump—but the stick shift is on the way out.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The stringent statistical criterion of the study, a lower bound on the 95% CI of >20%, continued to be met for both endpoints.
    Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
  • Besides shooting a ball into the basket and scoring more points than the other team, there are other statistical components that have grown the game over the years.
    USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • These factors, alongside the statistical phenomenon of regression to the mean – where crime rates normalize after extreme spikes – apply to both national and local crime rates.
    Carla Lewandowski, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Several different statistical models are in use by states and the federal government.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024

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