How to Use data in a Sentence

data

noun
  • The data is automated and will be available by then, Martin said.
    Stacy Ryburn, Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2023
  • There’s also the issue of Netflix viewing being flat the first half of the year according to its most recent data release.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The data since 2020 is unconfirmed and therefore not presented.
    Carlos Góes, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Kim takes calls and dispenses advice on today's digital lifestyle, from smartphones and tablets to online privacy and data hacks.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Earth—the delicate orb Sagan described—is ever-evolving, and those changes are now on view in the form of data visualizations and graphics.
    Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
  • But as Slabinski tells me, while the continual slew of headlines about layoffs may make things look dire for tech employees, the data tells a different story.
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The data from 46brooklyn tracks list prices for drugs but does not include rebates and discounts to insurance companies or pharmacy benefit managers.
    Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The data gathered by these devices help scientists understand wildlife behavior and make management decisions.
    Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The reports measured Latino GDP for the year 2018, the most recent year data was available.
    Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2023
  • That game can offer another data point, putting into motion the thoughts and ideas voiced in hours of interviews on the brightest stage and against the Chiefs, the roster Ballard knows best aside from his own.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The trend has grown over 70% in the last decade, the data shows.
    Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 21 Dec. 2019
  • This data doesn’t show the meat of the fundraising, though.
    Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 11 Feb. 2020
  • When the worst happens, there is no data that can make the rise worth the fall.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Zachary Smith is the data reporter for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Corrections in the data are made from day to day by the state.
    Rich Exner, cleveland, 10 July 2020
  • In fact, the store of data Koon draws on is even larger than that.
    New York Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • That’s where fiber optics—and the mountains of data—come in.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 19 Dec. 2017
  • And there's the size of that remodel as well in that data, too.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 May 2020
  • Getting all of this data back to Earth will take up to two years.
    Loren Grush, The Verge, 27 Dec. 2018
  • And the people who need the shot (all of us) might not even have the right data to know the difference.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Oct. 2020
  • The idea that these apps might be selling your data isn’t new.
    Rachel Wells, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2019
  • The data provided few signs of a run-up in wage growth.
    Nick Timiraos, WSJ, 6 July 2018
  • That’s where the new tech data could one day come into play.
    Alex Morris, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017
  • So data centers are, for now at least, a small part of the problem.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2024
  • There are hints of the shift in other data on mail voting.
    Bryan Anderson and Nicholas Riccardi, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • But dozens of data points aren’t useful during the ride.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The next person who rents that car has access to all your data.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The smaller those errors are, the more accurate the data will be.
    Aggie Yellow Horse, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The city saw about 15 more cloudy days this year compared with the previous years, the data show.
    Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Children are born with the tools, and the urge, to gather and evaluate data.
    Susan Engel, Time, 23 Feb. 2021

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