How to Use statistical in a Sentence

statistical

adjective
  • The Aztecs piled up statistical wins all over the sheet.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The statistical sample size just isn't there to give a good answer one way or the other.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The evening is set to present crucial tests for both candidates in a race that polls show to be in a statistical dead heat.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Some of this might be chalked up to our statistical newness.
    Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Utah ranks in the lower third of the conference in most statistical categories in all three phases of the game.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 5 May 2023
  • Cook is the only player in the nation to reach those two statistical standards in the same game this season.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Anne of Green Gables is an anomaly, The Adversary is a statistical truth.
    Hazlitt, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The race is currently locked in a statistical tie, with most recent polls giving a slight edge to Milei.
    David Unsworth, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Each player led the team in those statistical categories for the game.
    Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There were mistakes, sure, but as a whole, the passing game did look a lot better from a statistical standpoint.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But this season is, so far, the best statistical campaign of his career.
    Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • The study doesn’t have enough statistical power to tell whether the differences observed between the two groups were due to chance or the treatment.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 16 Nov. 2022
  • His statistical career year aside, what Brissett has meant to the Browns runs deeper than anything on the field.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The statistical power that comes with such numbers enabled the team to make two key advances.
    Angus Chen, STAT, 21 May 2024
  • Caffey had his top statistical season for the Warriors, the second of his three NBA stops.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 20 June 2022
  • In the study, the team used sports-analysis and statistical software to compare videos and still-frames of chimpanzees and small monkeys called mangabeys climbing in the wild.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rosen’s class—a statistical rarity in this country and in the state—ticks every box.
    Time, 8 June 2022
  • Indeed, the ugly numbers that once marred Stone’s statistical slate have long been wiped clean.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • By far the biggest statistical difference between the two teams on Sunday night was at the 3-point arc.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
  • One statistical model said Atlanta would have an 86% chance of winning by going for it and trying to seal the game—or just a 70% chance with a punt.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The study found no statistical similarities among the people who shared the same star sign.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The idea that statistical methods can compensate for gaps in the fossil record has been met with doubts from some experts.
    Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The tropical Atlantic has been very quiet for the last few weeks, but the statistical peak of the season is fast approaching on Sept. 10.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Two years ago, Edwards was the only player in the NBA who put himself in that statistical bucket.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The most active part of hurricane season is from mid-August to the end of October, with Sept. 10 the statistical peak of the season.
    Victoria Ballard, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Arkansas did not have a turnover against the Rebels, winning the statistical battle 3-0.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Although some statistical reports show that 300 hours is the average study time, for some, this will be too much, and for others, not enough.
    Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But there’s nothing in this team’s statistical profile that screams fluke.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 June 2024
  • The 49ers put up those historic numbers while averaging a league-high 8.4 net yards per pass attempt, leading to quarterback Brock Purdy’s best statistical season of his early career.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Despite having his best statistical season in the Cup Series, with several top-5 and top-10 finishes, Wallace didn't secure a win or qualify for the playoffs last season.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025

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