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Recent Examples of datum According to the 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances, the most recent data available, Americans had median retirement savings of $87,000. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025 The Public Citizen lawsuit also identified online tools dealing with environmental data that had been removed by the Department of Transportation, the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 Eligible customers should have received a data breach notification from Rite Aid. Ryley Amond, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025 Several of the strategies outlined in the Blueprint — including community school models and increased funding for English language learners — align with areas of progress highlighted in the 2024 data. Erin Sjostedt, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for datum
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Noun
  • In fact, the past few years have seen a particular rise in the drag king scene on the island.
    James Factora, Them., 22 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, the situation is so dire that the White House should invoke the Defense Production Act to develop new and more powerful energetics, expand munitions production, and create strategic reserves of both.
    MICHAEL BROWN, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Two months after Gene Hackman was found dead alongside wife Betsy Arakawa at the couple's New Mexico home, new details are emerging on the late actor's condition, according to reports.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • These job details are current as the date and time of this publishing).
    Terina Allen, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Datum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/datum. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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