How to Use statistics in a Sentence

statistics

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  • And that's what the data shows, and that's what the statistics show.
    — NBC News, 26 June 2022
  • And this was not a case of letting a guy pad his statistics once the game was in hand.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Fields throughout the city were prepped, lines were dragged, and statistics were kept.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022
  • There have been more than 520 shooting victims in the city so far this year, the NYPD statistics show.
    — Kiely Westhoff and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 May 2022
  • Elliott and Smith bring more to this team than their statistics.
    — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The final score is the only statistics that matters at this point of the schedule.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2022
  • The statistics show just how glaringly bad the problem of food waste in the United States is.
    — Christopher Dipnarine, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The Sportsperson of the Year award isn’t just about statistics and victories.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2022
  • One draw is games statistics, complied by the Games team, the Data Insights team and the Upshot desk.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 28 July 2022
  • Of the 83 confirmed homicides in the city, statistics show that all but a handful were committed with a gun.
    — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Both statistics are the highest shares recorded, the report added.
    — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The website will include these statistics and more, and lets people dig through what Where Are the Workers?
    — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 1 July 2022
  • There aren’t clear statistics on the number of refugees now returning.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2022
  • But statistics show a good many adults over 30 are binge drinkers, and the problem is on the rise, especially among women and adults over 65.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 June 2022
  • Both Boyle and Bales have better statistics than Lewis on kickoffs but are less proven on field goals, which Lewis made 13 of 16 last season.
    — oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022
  • There are fewer statistics about how many wealthy people are now poor.
    — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 24 July 2022
  • Trending statistics show the total could be higher this year.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • When detailed statistics are paired with such video, the effect can be even more powerful.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Hate crimes have been rising across the country for the past several years, according to statistics compiled by the FBI.
    — David Nakamura, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
  • The varying sizes, shapes, and colors of their parts determined their attacks and statistics.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Beyond the statistics, McNamara consistently seemed to be in the right place at the right time.
    — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Let’s get started with the basic membership statistics given by the church.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 May 2022
  • Quinn didn’t know his exact career statistics in the arena but said a no-penalty performance for his unit was rare.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Indeed, statistics show that traffic counts are soaring along the I-10 Bayway.
    — al, 10 May 2022
  • But statistics show that more problems happen on the descent when people are tired and more likely to be unfocused.
    — Outside Online, 16 June 2022
  • And though there are promising signs, indications the Cards haven’t given up yet, there are sobering statistics, too.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2023
  • There aren’t statistics for hugging crying kids in jail, but if that one hug saves a life down the road then wasn’t your life suddenly more valuable than any amount of money on this earth?
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 23 Sep. 2022
  • This share drops to 20% among Latino fathers and just 14% among white fathers, according to statistics from the Pew Research Center.
    — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 19 June 2022
  • And via Harry Enten, here are five statistics to mark the summer occasion...
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 31 May 2022
  • Consider the case of Yur, an app that allowed users to track their fitness statistics while using other apps on Quest headsets.
    — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022

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