How to Use datum in a Sentence

datum

noun
  • New data shows that could be the case.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The data cannot tell you those things.
    — Terdawn Deboe, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But the data on sales isn't so clear-cut.
    — Camila Domonoske, NPR, 22 May 2026
  • Some of the data tells stories of its own.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2026
  • So, fix the numbers on that, run the data on that.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Make data part of the work, not a report about it.
    — Caroline Whistler, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The view from above does something data alone rarely does.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • How much data is too much data?
    — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Available data is far less clear cut.
    — Josh Meyer, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The fact that this shows up in the data at all is a profound irony.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • The need for that shift is already showing up in the data.
    — Andy White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Any county with a ban was counted in our data.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But this bill treats data centers as the problem.
    — Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The price of coffee has surged 19% over the past year, the data showed.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In modern sports, there’s no shortage of data.
    — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The study pulled data from March 2024.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • But data on these deadly encounters have been hard to come by.
    — Lynne Peeples, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The state didn’t collect data to know how often it was being used.
    — Logan Jaffe, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Troubling data indicate the worst may still be to come in many parts of the world.
    — Time, 16 Apr. 2020
  • That’s what the data tells us about net worth in America.
    — Michael Smith, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
  • As such, finance agents shouldn't touch HR data.
    — Bernard Aceituno, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • This state doesn’t need AI data centers.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Growth Units do not have data on past performance so that makes no sense.
    — Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • If the engine is strong, prove it with data, and use it to your advantage.
    — David Chapman, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • If managers always ask for the same data, build a template.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Apps and agents read from and contribute to the data pool, but do not own that data.
    — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • But all the data and transparency in the world won’t mean much if viewers don’t buy it.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • New voices, new philosophies, new ways of teaching and new sets of data to parse through.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • This single step can stop many account takeover attempts linked to breached data.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But more data on timing is starting to appear.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 20 Mar. 2026

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