statistic

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That, in turn, prompted Bale to look at foster care, leading him to a startling statistic: Roughly 75% of siblings entering foster care in the U.S. end up being separated and having to live apart.

From MarketWatch

He said the CSJ preferred the material deprivation statistic, which measures whether people lack what are commonly held to be necessities.

From BBC

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

From Salon

To put a statistic to it, Hearts have scored 12 goals in the last 15 minutes of league matches this season.

From BBC

Napear cited the same statistic the commissioner’s office now likes to cite: the last small-market team to win the World Series was the Kansas City Royals, 11 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times