as in information
a collection of factual knowledge about something
we are putting together all the data we have obtained on the local housing market
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Capital seekers can host confidential materials in secure virtual data rooms with NDA controls, while investment firms and professionals gain access to full CRM and deal flow management capabilities to manage contacts, deals, and workflows.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Loss of separation -- the minimum distance kept between aircrafts to keep them safe -- in the airspace and complaints from pilots about stress from air traffic controllers are among the data points that led to the decision to reduce air travel, Duffy said.
—ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
More drugs were seized in 2020 than in the preceding two years, despite lockdowns that allowed only inmates’ attorneys and prison staff to access the facilities between March and September of 2020, a Miami Herald analysis of contraband seizure data shows.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
More than 2,000 petition signatures opposing the data center were collected.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Loss of separation -- the minimum distance kept between aircrafts to keep them safe -- in the airspace and complaints from pilots about stress from air traffic controllers are among the data points that led to the decision to reduce air travel, Duffy said.
—ABC News, 7 Nov. 2025
More drugs were seized in 2020 than in the preceding two years, despite lockdowns that allowed only inmates’ attorneys and prison staff to access the facilities between March and September of 2020, a Miami Herald analysis of contraband seizure data shows.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
More than 2,000 petition signatures opposing the data center were collected.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Data.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/data. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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