statistic

[stuh-tis-tik] / stəˈtɪs tɪk /

NOUN

fact

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment action case circumstance data evidence experience factor incident information performance phenomenon

STRONG

act actuality adventure affair being conception consideration construction creation datum deed entity episode feature happening item manifestation occurrence organism particular point proceeding specific transaction truism

WEAK

fait accompli

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failure ignorance

STRONG

abstract concept death destruction inactivity inanimate inertia ruin

WEAK

fabrication lie

NOUN

number

Synonyms

STRONGEST

figure sum total

STRONG

cardinal character cipher count decimal denominator digit emblem folio fraction googol integer numeral numerator ordinal prime representation sign symbol

WEAK

chiffer whole number

Antonyms

STRONGEST

part

WEAK

letter one

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If I became another statistic on those charts I was obsessively tracking, what would I be proud of and what would I regret?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Here is a pretty amazing statistic: The top three privately held companies today have the same value as the past 25 years’ worth of U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“There’s a statistic about men receiving flowers for the first time at their funerals, and I think we have changed that,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Yet, somehow, this problematic statistic and all that it symbolizes doesn’t even register.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Roughly half of the people in state prisons are classified as violent offenders, but that statistic can easily be misinterpreted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

statistic

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