shocking statistic

collocation in English

meaningsofshockingandstatistic

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shocking
adjective
uk
/ˈʃɒk.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɑː.kɪŋ/
offensive, upsetting, ...
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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 ofshockingandstatisticfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The maternal mortality rate is 1,600 women for every 100,000 live births—ashockingstatistic.
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That is a trulyshockingstatisticand one which should spur us on to immediate action.
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Several of you have cited theshockingstatistic: 41 600 people die on the roads.
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I was told—it is ashockingstatistic—that £1.2 billion was lost to the north-west economy as a result of foot and mouth disease.
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Even thatshockingstatisticdoes not reveal the true position.
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That is ashockingstatisticto those of us who believe in the ever-widening diffusion of ownership.
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That is ashockingstatistic.
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As a result, we have theshockingstatisticthat nearly 500,000 people had to be readmitted to hospital within months of their discharge, presumably because they were discharged too early.
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That is a trulyshockingstatistic.
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The social services department has admitted theshockingstatisticthat nine out of the 13 council homes would fail to be registered if they were in the private sector.
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Is that not ashockingstatistic?
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That is a prettyshockingstatistic.
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Is it not a trulyshockingstatisticthat two out of every three people who start training to be a teacher have left teaching within five years?
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