bar chart

noun

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Stacked bar chart shows the rise of fraudulent applications using the identities of players on NBA and NFL draft lists. Kevin Collier, NBC news, 29 Nov. 2025 While traditional bar charts can be valuable in analyzing changing technical conditions, point and figure charts were created as a way of filtering out the noise and focusing on the signal. David Keller, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bar chart

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First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Dec. 2025.

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bar chart

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