data

plural noun

ˈdā-tə How to pronounce data (audio)
Definition of datanext
as in information
a collection of factual knowledge about something we are putting together all the data we have obtained on the local housing market

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Recent Examples of data Technology companies are issuing enormous amounts of debt to build data centers and related infrastructure, putting them in competition with governments and other corporate borrowers for investors’ capital. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Those opposing the amendment say a data center is not similar to a solar farm. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 And as a result, the data centers built to enable this growth have drawn scrutiny from communities and across party lines, including concerns over higher electric bills. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 In addition to water, many are concerned about consumer protections regarding electricity rate increases, demands on renewable energy and requirements about who gets employed to construct data centers. — Greta Reich, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 For example, Social Security's citizenship data often isn't updated when people naturalize, and the SAVE data system, operated by USCIS, frequently doesn't include records for people who became citizens as minors when their parents naturalized. — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 This data collection is not limited to instances when a shopper makes a purchase. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026 But more importantly for DJI, a new local-only data mode should go some way to reassuring anyone concerned by the first Romo’s serious security flaws. — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026 Then Wednesday provided yet another data point against that belief. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Data.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/data. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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