statistic
noun
sta·tis·tic
stə-ˈti-stik 
1
: a single term or datum in a collection of statistics
2
a
: a quantity (such as the mean of a sample) that is computed from a sample
specifically
: estimate sense 1b
b
: a random variable that takes on the possible values of a statistic
Examples of statistic in a Sentence
One statistic that stuck out is that 40 percent of those surveyed did not have college degrees.
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That’s because the grim statistics of the police blotter fail to tell the full story.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
Some statistics from that year give ideas of where Hughes’ guns might have come from.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
China’s official statistics recorded no purchases of Iranian crude in Trump’s last partial month in office, January 2021, and none in most of Biden’s first year in office.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
That’s important, of course—the most impressive of Jacobson’s statistics from this spring in California is that the amount of natural gas used for electricity generation has dropped more than forty per cent from last year, which is the kind of number that the climate crisis requires.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2024
Some statistics from that year give ideas of where Hughes’ guns might have come from.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
China’s official statistics recorded no purchases of Iranian crude in Trump’s last partial month in office, January 2021, and none in most of Biden’s first year in office.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
That’s important, of course—the most impressive of Jacobson’s statistics from this spring in California is that the amount of natural gas used for electricity generation has dropped more than forty per cent from last year, which is the kind of number that the climate crisis requires.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 27 June 2024
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statistic
noun
sta·tis·tic
stə-ˈtis-tik
: a single item of information in a statistical collection
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