Example Sentences

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Statisticians refer to this pattern as a “random walk with an upward drift.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Statisticians Opta give Arsenal a 99.7% chance of qualifying for the Champions League.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

The fastest marathon ever run by a 12-year-old of either gender, according to the Assn. of Road Racing Statisticians, was a 2:54 run by German runner Manuela Zipse in a 1986 race.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2024

As reported in Politico, The Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies released its 2020 census and found that over the last decade, the share of Americans who associate with religion dropped by 11 points.

From Salon • May 19, 2023

Statisticians estimate that the annual money loss in the United States from tuberculosis, counting the cost of nursing, food, medicines, and attendance, as well as the loss of productive labor, is $330,000,000.

From Aliens or Americans? by Grose, Howard B. (Howard Benjamin)