figures

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Figures released by the company also showed a drop in sales of GM electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV pickup truck.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

Figures from the market-research firm Datassential cited by the Wall Street Journal last year showed that bone-in fried-chicken offerings on U.S. fast-food restaurant menus had fallen 72% over the previous four years.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Figures for the 2025 intake have not yet been published by the Scottish government.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The map had been blocked in federal court, in a dispute revolving around how it treated a Gulf Coast district currently held by Rep. Shomari Figures, a Black Democrat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Figures of auxesis and repetition—often pulling together words or themes from earlier in the speech—commonly proliferate in the peroration, and many orators will crank it up a little in the direction of the grand style.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith