statistic
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The 'xG' - expected goals - statistic suggests Spurs should have scored three or four goals this season, but their non-penalty xG per shot this season is just 0.066.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The complicated way the statistic is calculated, and relatively small changes from year to year, can obscure the larger improvements in public health over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Bessent, in other words, picked the one statistic that told a happy story and built a press appearance around it, while the broader data he was being asked about pointed the other way.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Deep in the data sheets published last month with the 2026 homeless count was a surprising statistic about change in Skid Row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Tony had already joined that statistic; Mary wanted to keep Wes away from the same fate.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
The $5,000 dividend stands in comparison to the roughly $65,000 the median full-time worker makes, based on Labor Department statistics for the second quarter and annualizing them.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
He ends it as the attack leader, with statistics that stack up alongside some of the all-time greats of the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Her story captures exactly why a typical physician’s answer based on population-level evidence and statistics can feel so unsatisfying to an individual patient or worried family member.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Those statistics came from jumps, along with vehicular, climbing and health incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
One of the most important papers in the history of code breaking, it introduced powerful new ways of using statistics to break codes.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Vocabulary lists containing statistic
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