bar chart

noun

Examples of bar chart in a Sentence

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Change in new students enrolled in SEC schools from the Northeast, 2014 to 2023 A bar chart that illustrates the change in enrollment from Northeast students at SEC schools from 2014 to 2023. Thomas Oide, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025 His first chart is a 10-year weekly bar chart that showed an unfilled gap at 4,842. Chuck Jones, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Measles cases in the U.S. This bar chart of measles cases per year shows that in all but two years (2014 and 2019) there were usually fewer than 400 cases, and in most all of those fewer than 150. Liz Szabo, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2025 Men's Final Four appearances, by school 1939 to 2024 A bar chart that displays the number of Final Four appearances by various schools. Tyler Buchanan, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bar chart

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bar chart was in 1904

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“Bar chart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bar%20chart. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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