statistical
adjective
sta·tis·ti·cal
stə-ˈti-sti-kəl 
: of, relating to, based on, or employing the principles of statistics
statistical analysis
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The sample sizes are too small to determine with statistical significance that extra rest is an advantage, but the numbers look good for the Knicks.
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026
That statistical variance was not lost on Toronto coach Sandy Brondello.
—John Davis, Daily News, 18 May 2026
Tiny statistical signals that aren’t obviously related to human logic are readily going to be embedded inside an LLM.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Those could be explicit requirements for a map to appear to be fair by certain statistical measures of partisanship.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
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Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 18 May 2026
That statistical variance was not lost on Toronto coach Sandy Brondello.
—John Davis, Daily News, 18 May 2026
Tiny statistical signals that aren’t obviously related to human logic are readily going to be embedded inside an LLM.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Those could be explicit requirements for a map to appear to be fair by certain statistical measures of partisanship.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for statistical
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“Statistical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statistical. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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