sta·tis·tics | \ stə-ˈti-stiks 
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\Definition of statistics
1 : a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data
2 : a collection of quantitative data
Examples of statistics in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web The 1,759 coronavirus hospitalizations as of Sunday trailed only one day in mid-April and marked an 80% jump for COVID-19 patients in the past month, the state health department reported in its daily statistics update.
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chicagotribune.com, "Indiana’s COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths increasing; Lake County reports most new cases with 366," 2 Nov. 2020 The company quotes statistics showing that each day, 119 million North Americans commute using personal vehicles— and 105 million of them commute alone.
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Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Is San Diego — and the country — ready for a single-passenger electric vehicle?," 2 Nov. 2020 Russell Wilson has produced some impressive statistics during his career.
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oregonlive, "Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson bounces back with big day against the San Francisco 49ers," 2 Nov. 2020 The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry trade group, estimated slightly different statistics, finding that 1,769,553 firearms were sold in October, a 60.1% increase from October 2019, based on its own formula using NICS data.
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Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, "Gun sales year-to-date surpass previous annual record high by nearly 2 million, statistics show," 2 Nov. 2020 The American Medical Association released a scathing rebuke of President Trump for claiming that doctors have inflated COVID-19 statistics for financial gain.
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Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, "'Outrageous': American Medical Association rebukes Trump for claiming doctors inflate coronavirus statistics for money," 31 Oct. 2020 Roughly 1 out of every 150 such cases results in a death, current COVID-19 statistics suggest.
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Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, "Super-spreading Trump rallies led to more than 700 COVID-19 deaths, study estimates," 31 Oct. 2020 More broadly, Chesnut said exorcism, in its traditional form as a demon-chaser, is increasingly widespread around the world, though there are no official statistics.
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David Crary, Star Tribune, "Exorcism: Increasingly frequent, including after US protests," 31 Oct. 2020 Ty Jenkins, 57, hollered back, ticking off coronavirus statistics.
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Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "Campaign 2020: Let’s Never Do This Again," 31 Oct. 2020
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