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  • plural of figure.
  • present tense form of figure (3rd person singular).

figures





NOUN
statistics
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True, in the nearly two decades that she’s been creating plush figures, she’s produced charmingly minimalistic foxes, cats and buffalo fit for a nursery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, the ABI's figures found that exaggerated loss remains the most common type of insurance fraud, with 26,900 cases identified.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“At first glance, these are devastating figures for German manufacturing,” said Ralph Solveen, an economist at Commerzbank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The IMF as of July expected 2026 world GDP to grow 3%, so the figures here won’t be wildly different.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Despite his brave posturings of nonchalance and indifference, Adams was, in fact, obsessed with Jefferson’s growing reputation as one of the major figures of the age.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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