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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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Daniel Loria, the senior vice president at the Box Office Company, a cinema data analytics firm, said Los Angeles and New York being the most profitable cities isn’t shocking.
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Meta pays the full costs for the energy used by its data centers so that consumers do not bear these expenses, and the company supports the broader grid through these energy agreements.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Personal data removal services help reduce your digital footprint by requesting takedowns from these databases.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The centers would have to be built at least 500 feet away from neighboring properties, and the space in between would need to be landscaped with Florida-friendly plants plus a barrier as tall as the data centers themselves.
—Emily L Mahoney, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
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Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Meta pays the full costs for the energy used by its data centers so that consumers do not bear these expenses, and the company supports the broader grid through these energy agreements.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
Personal data removal services help reduce your digital footprint by requesting takedowns from these databases.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
The centers would have to be built at least 500 feet away from neighboring properties, and the space in between would need to be landscaped with Florida-friendly plants plus a barrier as tall as the data centers themselves.
—Emily L Mahoney, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Data.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/data. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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