interesting statistic

collocation in English

meaningsofinterestingandstatistic

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interesting
adjective
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/ˈɪn.trə.stɪŋ/us
/ˈɪn.trɪ.stɪŋ/
Someone or something that is interesting keeps your attention because he, she, or it is unusual, exciting, or has a lot ...
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statistic
noun
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/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/us
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
information based on a study of the number of times something happens or is present, or other ...
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(Definition ofinterestingandstatisticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The number of stages in the optimization approach is anotherinterestingstatistic.
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People are, of course, upset by taxation, but let me give aninterestingstatistic.
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I am not quite sure what that implies, but it is aninterestingstatistic.
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I will select oneinterestingstatisticfrom one of those speeches.
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It is said that we should set an example, but aninterestingstatisticarises from the long-term view.
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He referred to aninterestingstatisticof the losses now involved in hire-purchase contracts.
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In the short time available we were not able to obtain that information; it might have provided at least oneinterestingstatistic.
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In the same way, the views of the 13 per cent prevailed over the majority, which is aninterestingstatisticto ponder.
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Oneinterestingstatisticis that the proportion of the population marrying was highest during the period of full employment.
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I should like to cite oneinterestingstatisticin that respect.
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I find when discussing this veryinterestingstatisticwith others that women are very much more prepared to believe it than men.
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I came upon aninterestingstatisticrecently that reflected on the first world war.
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At any rate, it is aninterestingstatistic.
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A ratherinterestingstatisticis that people committing motoring offences are four times more likely to receive a custodial sentence than they were before.
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There is a veryinterestingstatisticregarding police cautions.
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The insurance rate for burglary risk is quite aninterestingstatistic.
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There is aninterestingstatisticon inward investment.
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Anotherinterestingstatisticis that the third of businesses which are not still trading have not necessarily failed.
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