How to Use graph in a Sentence

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  • The graph was shared more than 500 times in three weeks.
    Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • As the graph shows, last year was not at all like that.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
  • At the top of the graph is the green zone: feeling good or euphoric.
    Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Pick the genre on the left, make some tweaks on the right, and watch the pretty graphs in the center.
    Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Sometime in the last year or so, the graph was removed.
    New York Times, 13 July 2022
  • Here is the graph above, overlaid with the real GDP growth rate.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • To a bystander, a graph may be a line that shows the progress of a sales metric over time.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
  • See more about the lengthening of the daylight hours in this graph.
    oregonlive, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The Twitter user who posted the graph could not be reached.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The reverse is not true — progress on group doesn’t imply progress on graph.
    Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • As the graph below shows, the U.S. is a rather extreme outlier.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The graph above shows how Earth’s land has been heating twice as fast as the oceans, a trend that continued in 2022.
    WIRED, 12 Jan. 2023
  • And a look at their graph of rents over the last few years shows a similar trend as housing prices.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The label appeared in the top left corner of the graph rather than along the upward trending solid line on the chart.
    wsj.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Shapiro smoothed out his graph, regarded it for a moment, and ran the tip of his pencil back and forth across the curve.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • By the third ’graph, the vehicle has plunged into an icy river.
    Tom Nolan, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The terms in the sequence correspond to structures found in certain graphs.
    Alex Stone, Quanta Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That kind of network is called a directed acyclic graph, or DAG.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
  • This graph shows 2023 in the solid black line, and previous years as the other squiggles.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
  • This graph from the CDC shows that the number of excess deaths per week, starting in January 2018.
    Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • Like any good economist, Nicholas Bloom envisions the world in charts and graphs.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The remainder of the 1930s tracked a rising graph of prosperity that, during the war years, shot off the charts.
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The link goes into details, but this is a graph of submission bans since 2019.
    Jake Traylor, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Be warned: There are a lot of religious groups dissected in the graph below.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Note the big reversal to the upside in relative strength in the monthly graph below.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • This graph purports to show the success of what the lawsuit claims were unlawful actions.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2022
  • That could solve the search issue that sank many corporate knowledge graphs.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The graph of gold’s price that flashed on the screen was upward and basically vertical.
    Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Movement features seven unique pegs that can move, bounce, push, and even create a graph.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Apr. 2022
  • But the graphs on cyberattacks—both the frequency and the damage—have only continued to go up and to the right.
    Sage Lazzaro, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2024
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  • Students were asked to graph each equation.
  • Claira Chong can graph hyperbola but couldn't write a check.
    Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The best units use the most advanced graphing sonar and GPS navigation available.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There are at least 500 full-time graphers around the world, Mr. Steffman said, and thousands more who graph on a regular basis.
    Drew Schwartz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Think a graphing calculator (yep, the kids are still using those TIs), three-ring binders, and textbook covers.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, Register has made a practice of meeting one-on-one quarterly with each of the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders to graph the children's results on district and state tests and to set goals for the next test.
    Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2021
  • To graph the share of Americans living in poverty over the past half-century amounts to drawing a line that resembles gently rolling hills.
    Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Choices range from basic sounders to advanced flashers and digital graphing fish finders with GPS.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Pens, binders, graphing calculator: Check, check, check.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Their numbers are confirmed by subaquatic listening devices that graph the squeaks and squeals the animals make, even as visual sighting become rare.
    Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2021
  • For starters, this graphing calculator comes with a bevy of preloaded apps and can graph on images, plus its battery life is outstanding: it's said to run for a month with average use on a single charge (via USB cable) and even longer on sleep mode.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2022
  • Together with her spouse, Bangert started to explore the possibilities of drawing landscapes using the plotter, a machine designed to graph data on large sheets of paper.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Digital graphing fish finders offer a variety of sonar options.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The Equitas Global Navigator Strategy (graphed below) has a historical average of about 60% stocks and 40% bonds.
    David Thomas, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Statistics, calculus, and engineering classes require a model that can graph visual representation of functions, while business professionals sometimes need to download finance programs to their calculators as well.
    Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Students were asked to graph each equation.
  • Claira Chong can graph hyperbola but couldn't write a check.
    Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The best units use the most advanced graphing sonar and GPS navigation available.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There are at least 500 full-time graphers around the world, Mr. Steffman said, and thousands more who graph on a regular basis.
    Drew Schwartz, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The complex plane is a way of graphing complex numbers, which have two parts: real and imaginary.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Think a graphing calculator (yep, the kids are still using those TIs), three-ring binders, and textbook covers.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, Register has made a practice of meeting one-on-one quarterly with each of the third-, fourth- and fifth-graders to graph the children's results on district and state tests and to set goals for the next test.
    Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2021
  • To graph the share of Americans living in poverty over the past half-century amounts to drawing a line that resembles gently rolling hills.
    Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Choices range from basic sounders to advanced flashers and digital graphing fish finders with GPS.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Pens, binders, graphing calculator: Check, check, check.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Their numbers are confirmed by subaquatic listening devices that graph the squeaks and squeals the animals make, even as visual sighting become rare.
    Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2021
  • For starters, this graphing calculator comes with a bevy of preloaded apps and can graph on images, plus its battery life is outstanding: it's said to run for a month with average use on a single charge (via USB cable) and even longer on sleep mode.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 26 July 2022
  • Together with her spouse, Bangert started to explore the possibilities of drawing landscapes using the plotter, a machine designed to graph data on large sheets of paper.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Digital graphing fish finders offer a variety of sonar options.
    Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023

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