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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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Recent Examples of data Another billionaire, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who recently purchased his own rocket company, has been quietly propping up the idea that data centers should be moved off Earth. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 In making those comments, Kennedy has pointed to VAERS as his data source. Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 Today, they are being reborn in the data centers and call logs of the AI era. James Felton Keith, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 Newsweek unveiled our Best Smart Hospitals ranking for 2026 yesterday, in collaboration with our data partners at Statista. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for data

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“Data.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/data. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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