data set

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"Over the last 30 years, we've been collecting bathing water samples once a week through the summer and that long-term data set gives you the best idea of where is safest to swim."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Teske emphasized that the discovery raises as many questions as it answers: "What's really exciting is that this new data set is opening up even more questions than it's answering."

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Policymakers will have a more comprehensive data set in April, including the Tankan corporate sentiment survey and insights from the BOJ’s regional branch managers’ meeting shortly after.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“It’s difficult to characterize these results as meaningfully differentiated from Orfo or oral Wegovy until we get a more robust data set for aleniglipron,” wrote the RBC analyst.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

What an economist typically has is a data set with a great many variables, none of them randomly generated, some related and others not.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt