as in fact
a single piece of information
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Create transformative impact with the most powerful AI and agents fueled by the context of all your business data.
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Brenda Bown, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The 5 gigawatts of total capacity refers to the amount of electrical power these data centers will consume when fully operational—enough to power roughly 4.4 million American homes.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Findings from both groups were then compared against an existing set of data featuring over 15,000 healthy participants' imaging.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Brenda Bown, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
The 5 gigawatts of total capacity refers to the amount of electrical power these data centers will consume when fully operational—enough to power roughly 4.4 million American homes.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
While combing through loads and loads of data, DOGE discovered a previous contract by the VA for its website maintenance.
—Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2025
Findings from both groups were then compared against an existing set of data featuring over 15,000 healthy participants' imaging.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for datum
Noun
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Kamut 10 grams per cup cooked Like farro, kamut is a type of wheat; in fact, the term kamut is the ancient Egyptian word for it.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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In fact, as more of us spend more and more time looking at screens rather than at each other, loneliness is one of the greatest and most underestimated health challenges of our time.—
Sylvana Quader Sinha,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Exactly how much of a 'game changer'? Russell spends her days immersed in the details of the stockpile system.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
21 July 2025
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Since the show wrapped, he's maintained a low profile and few details about his personal life are known.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
21 July 2025
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“Datum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/datum. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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