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Recent Examples of datum The idea is letting customers access all the valuable data stored within Salesforce's applications without necessarily needing to log into the traditional application like in years past. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026 In 2025, his data showed 235 school shootings compared to a peak of 352 in 2023. — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Between 1950 and 2010, wildfires in the Rio Ruidoso watershed burned just under 11,000 acres, according to a ProPublica analysis of data from the National Interagency Fire Center. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Recent economic data released this month shows that high gasoline prices are intensifying inflation and more expensive oil and gas have begun to push prices up in other parts of the economy. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for datum
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Noun
  • Newborn kangaroos Along with photos of Irwin and Lew, the KC Zoo shared facts about how red kangaroos develop after they are born.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Tech1’s organizers have, like Snitkovsky, asserted that the timing was adjusted simply to take advantage of the fact that so many expat Israelis would be flying in to vote.
    — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Understanding exactly how fusion works, in the grittiest detail, is therefore of extreme interest to nuclear-weapons scientists.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The distance can be reported as Ukraine’s claim without adding equipment details that remain uncertain.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

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“Datum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/datum. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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