telling statistic

collocation in English

meaningsoftellingandstatistic

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telling
adjective
uk
/ˈtel.ɪŋ/us
/ˈtel.ɪŋ/
showing the truth about a situation or showing what someone ...
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statistic
noun
uk
/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 oftellingandstatisticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftelling statistic

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But the mosttellingstatisticof all involves the proportion of supplementary benefit to male average earnings.
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Is not that the mosttellingstatisticof all?
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A particularlytellingstatisticappears tucked away as a footnote.
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It is atellingstatistic, and it must have something to do with the problems of the young in our society today.
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Alongside that there is a much moretellingstatistic.
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Thattellingstatisticis mapped clearly in that excellent report.
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That is surely a verytellingstatistic.
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That is atellingstatistic.
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That is a verytellingstatistic.
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I close with anothertellingstatistic.
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Anothertellingstatisticis that in 1991 42% of students had physical education daily, compared to 28% of students in 2003.
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Perhaps his mosttellingstatisticis his 1,442 career penalty minutes, which included a large number of fighting majors.
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