statistic
Example Sentences
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Traders who favor the men’s suit statistic might consider this: At gold’s 1980 peak, the value of the Dow Jones Industrials was 1.3 times that of an ounce of the metal.
The statistic reflects the average number of years newborns are expected to live if mortality trends stay constant over their lifespans.
"I just felt like a statistic, like a piece of paper they wanted to shuffle away somewhere," Dawn says.
From BBC
Possibly the most telling statistic tracks the difference between borrowing benchmarks, such as the prime rate, and what you pay on your credit card.
From Los Angeles Times
This model also explains a statistic that often surprises even seasoned observers.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
