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Recent Examples of datum
Treasury yields continued to dip on Thursday as investors digested more weak data on the labor market.
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Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
The Milwaukee Health Department is monitoring local emergency department data and has not seen an uptick in visits related to mold irritation or waterborne illness, said spokesperson Caroline Reinwald.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, the magazine used data from the software and analytics company CreatorIQ, which weighed creators' followers, engagement rate and audience growth over the past years.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Nvidia reported second-quarter results that topped analysts' estimates, but its data center revenues just fell shy of forecasts for a second straight quarter.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Sean Conlon,sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
The Milwaukee Health Department is monitoring local emergency department data and has not seen an uptick in visits related to mold irritation or waterborne illness, said spokesperson Caroline Reinwald.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, the magazine used data from the software and analytics company CreatorIQ, which weighed creators' followers, engagement rate and audience growth over the past years.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Nvidia reported second-quarter results that topped analysts' estimates, but its data center revenues just fell shy of forecasts for a second straight quarter.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for datum
Noun
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In fact, only 18% of Russian trade now uses the dollar or euro as of December, down from 87% and 67% of imports and exports, respectively in early 2022.—
Earl Carr,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Commission was also unimpressed by Jackson continuing to promote SPIS’ data around the location on the pitch and timing of Paqueta’s bookings during the game during cross-examination, despite the fact that the FA had abandoned this evidence.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Etihad flight details and NC investment The new route will use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, which offers around 300 seats in business and economy cabins.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Here, Ne Zha 2 succeeds wildly; locales such as a heavenly city made entirely of jade and a towering, bamboo-verdant waterfall are rendered with genuinely beautiful texture and detail.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Datum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/datum. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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