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data scientist

American

[dey-tuh sahy-uhn-tist, dat-uh] / ˈdeɪ tə ˌsaɪ ən tɪst, ˈdæt ə /

noun

Digital Technology.

a person with expertise in statistics, computer programming, and machine learning who develops models and processes for retrieving valuable information from large data sets.

Etymology

Origin of data scientist

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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Katherine Quinn is a data scientist and Rebecca Gelles is a machine-learning engineer at CSET.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“A major driver of the decline was a drop in the number of people traveling from out of state into Florida to access care,” Isaac Maddow-Zimet, a data scientist at the Guttmacher Institute, told Salon.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Max Motz is a macro data scientist at Fundstrat Global Advisors, an investment-research firm.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

Before becoming the company’s head of AI in 2023, he was a data scientist and worked on predictive analytics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

“A data scientist or whatever? That’s not a passion. It’s just a job. Having dreams never killed anybody.”

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

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