ONS

British  

abbreviation

1. Office for National Statistics

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Example Sentences

Monthly growth rates can be volatile, and ONS said sales volumes fell by 0.3% in the final three months of last year when compared to the previous quarter, with supermarkets and online stores both seeing a fall.

From BBC

Online retail performed well in December, with strong demand for gold and silver reported by online jewelers, according to the ONS.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Across 2025 as a whole, retail sales saw a second consecutive annual rise after the large falls of 2022 and 2023, but volumes still remained below their prepandemic level,” said Hannah Finselbach, senior statistician at the ONS.

From The Wall Street Journal

Asked in her on-court interview what it took to get past Cirstea, Osaka said: "Apparently a lot of 'come ons' that she was angry about."

From BBC

Tom Davies, Deputy Director for the ONS public service division, said the fall was a result of "receipts being up strongly on last year whereas spending is only modestly higher".

From BBC