DATA in a Sentence

Learn DATA from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For DATA, below is one of 133 sentences:
Also present is the concept of aesthetic pleasure emerging as a by-product of the successful ordering of complex data.

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 Meanings and Examples of DATA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
data
 n.  collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
Classic Sentence:
1  It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. A Scandal in Bohemia
2  My data were coming more quickly than I could have reasonably hoped.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
3  I do not know what to think, and I have no data on which to found a conjecture.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  We have here much data, and we must proceed to lay out our campaign.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
5  "We have not the requisite data," chimed in the professor, and he went back to his argument.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
16  There are some difficulties with the collection of reliable data.
17  The data are then fed into a computer.
18  Also present is the concept of aesthetic pleasure emerging as a by-product of the successful ordering of complex data.
19  The retention of data in a storage device.
20  She still needs to analyse the data.
21  He copied the relevant data out of the encyclopaedia.
22  McCarthy was asked to analyse the data from the first phase of trials of the vaccine.
23  Without more data we cannot make a meaningful comparison of the two systems.
24  Collecting data is a painfully slow process.
25  Thank you for furnishing me with so many data.
26  These data show that most cancers are detected as a result of clinical follow - up.
27  They have proprietary rights to the data.
28  The data is stored on the magnetic tape.
29  The data you have collected is not enough to be convincing.
30  The research involves collecting data from two random samples.