How to Use data file in a Sentence
data file
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But pricing information on hospital websites can be hard to grasp owing to huge data files and the complex way it’s presented.
—Gretchen Morgenson, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
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Bits do disappear, making the data file dramatically smaller and thus easier to store and transmit.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2021
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Generally, the data files include, at a bare minimum, customer information, such as name, gender, email address and birthdate.
—Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Jan. 2026
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In this case, AssuranceAmerica said an unauthorized third party copied certain data files from its IT environment.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
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That’s a total capacity of 32TB across all four bays, which should be large enough for even the most demanding projects, such as ultra-high-definition video, large-scale game models or extensive data files.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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