statistician
noun
an expert in or compiler of statistics.
statisticians
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pluralof statistician.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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While September’s dreadful average return has been known for years, statisticians constantly reminded us that, absent a plausible rationale, it’s too risky to bet on a poor September.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Cricket statisticians include The Hundred data in T20 records, meaning Buttler now has 14,833 runs in the shortest formats.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Last week, the government’s own energy statisticians published an explainer on the term, because, at one of America’s most important oil hubs, prices now suggest the tanks may already be scraping bottom.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Economists and investors have since worried that bad numbers could bring about the dismissal of statisticians, while good ones could be greeted skeptically by the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In two transformative decades between 1920 and 1940, the first two of these questions—i.e., variation and evolution—would be solved by unique alliances between geneticists, anatomists, cell biologists, statisticians, and mathematicians.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
