bar chart

noun

Examples of bar chart in a Sentence

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There is a new counter-trend ‘buy’ signal on the monthly bar chart, which increases the likelihood that a test of support will hold and give way to a relief rally lasting several months. Katie Stockton, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024 This article has been updated with a poll bar chart. Emma Marsden, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024 As the first bar chart below shows, steel-mill employment had fallen 4.2 percent, whereas overall private-sector employment had declined by just 1.9 percent (a fall driven by the COVID-19 pandemic). Benn Steil, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2021 Zooming in on the weekly bar chart, BA shows downside momentum per the declining 10- and 40-week moving averages. Katie Stockton, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bar chart 

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bar chart was in 1904

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“Bar chart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bar%20chart. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

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bar chart

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