statistic
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Three years later, its year-end report flaunts another statistic: Vinyl record sales surpassed $1 billion in 2025 — the first time since 1983.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
That statistic comes from the LAHSA, a city-county joint agency that sends trained volunteers into the streets each February to count the people living there.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
As a result, 9.5% of all plate appearances across MLB through Tuesday had resulted in a walk—a sudden and dramatic rise in a statistic that had been remarkably consistent for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Or try this statistic: Only 11% of Americans have a power-of-attorney document in place, according to Trust & Will’s latest report on the state of estate planning.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing statistic
Argumentative Writing
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