Examples of bar chart in a Sentence
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Slok’s report featured a bar chart showing the median PE multiple for the 10 most valuable U.S. companies at 5 year intervals from 1990 to 2020, and as of late February 2024, as well as displaying the overall numbers for the S&P 500, and the index excluding the top ten.
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Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
This bar chart shows the average TV viewership per regular season from 2008 to 2023.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
The above bar chart compares the accuracy rates of the two models in predicting snow days, demonstrating similar rates of up to 100% possible accuracy.
—Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024
This bar chart shows the number of people shot by officers working for or with the four main Department of Justice law enforcement agencies each year, from 2018 to 2022.
—Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
This bar chart shows the estimates of yearly home sales if the frequency of sales in October were to hold all year, going back to 2000.
—Catherine Allen, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
This bar chart shows the share of wealth gains made among Black, Hispanic and white people from 2019 to 2022, and how much of those wealth gains were due to increases in housing value.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
This bar chart shows antiviral prescription rates, categorized by Covid-19 vaccination history.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
The share of adults reporting common conditions A bar chart comparing the share of adults reporting chronic pain (21%) to other common conditions: depression (19%), diabetes (8%), hypertension (48%), asthma (8%) and heart disease (7%).
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 May 2023
Shawn Tully, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2024
This bar chart shows the average TV viewership per regular season from 2008 to 2023.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2024
The above bar chart compares the accuracy rates of the two models in predicting snow days, demonstrating similar rates of up to 100% possible accuracy.
—Detroit Free Press, 13 Jan. 2024
This bar chart shows the number of people shot by officers working for or with the four main Department of Justice law enforcement agencies each year, from 2018 to 2022.
—Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
This bar chart shows the estimates of yearly home sales if the frequency of sales in October were to hold all year, going back to 2000.
—Catherine Allen, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
This bar chart shows the share of wealth gains made among Black, Hispanic and white people from 2019 to 2022, and how much of those wealth gains were due to increases in housing value.
—Marley Jay, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2023
This bar chart shows antiviral prescription rates, categorized by Covid-19 vaccination history.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
The share of adults reporting common conditions A bar chart comparing the share of adults reporting chronic pain (21%) to other common conditions: depression (19%), diabetes (8%), hypertension (48%), asthma (8%) and heart disease (7%).
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 16 May 2023
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1904, in the meaning defined above
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