figures

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Figures released Wednesday showed the number of people in work rose again in the first three months of 2026, by 172,000, supporting a modest increase in economic output.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Note: Figures are for fall 2025 first-year students, except for UVA, which are for fall 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Figures for the proportion of UK-wide electricity coming from low carbon sources are in the Energy Trends publication on the last Thursday of each quarter of the year, giving figures for the previous quarter.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Figures from the job services site LiveCareer reveal remote workers are typically searching for technology roles such as website and app development, copywriting and data analysis, alongside careers in marketing and finance.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

In Love’s Labour’s Lost, Shakespeare has Berowne complain, “Taffeta phrases, silken terms precise, / Three-piled hyperboles, spruce affectation, / Figures pedantical; these summer flies / Have blown me full of maggot ostentation.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith