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data-driven

data-driven adjective: dependent on or determined by the collection or analysis of data.

Adjective

data-driven (not comparable)

  1. Dependent on or determined by the collection or analysis of data.
    • Better characterisation of the individual is at the core of the emerging data-driven economy, which will be significantly expanded in scope and depth by the internet of things. We obtain free services from Google and Facebook because they are characterising our desires and matching us to companies...2015 July 23, Neil Lawrence, “The data-driven economy will help marketers exploit us”, in The Guardian
    • Buttigieg also speaks the language of the tech industry, from “data-driven” to “disruption”. Matt Hartman, a partner at Betaworks Ventures, appreciated how Buttigieg brought that data-driven mindset to municipal matters, such as the South Bend sewer system.2019 July 30, Julia Carrie Wong, “Young, Ivy League and data-driven: why venture capitalists love Pete Buttigieg”, in The Guardian

Examples of data-driven in a sentence

  • Better characterisation of the individual is at the core of the emerging data-driven economy, which will be significantly expanded in scope and depth by the internet of things.2015 July 23, Neil Lawrence, “The data-driven economy will help marketers exploit us”, in The Guardian:
  • The projects, which are due to start in November, are: […] Data-driven robust timetabling - […]2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23:
  • So are we rising up against the dictatorship of data-driven living, stamping our Ouras and Garmins (not sure why they sound like fantasy epic characters) to dust, steps unrecorded?2026 June 7, Emma Beddington, “The health tracker backlash is here – so ditch the data and set yourself free”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms of data-driven

alternative formdata driven

Words formed from data-driven

Questions about data-driven

What does data-driven mean?
Data-driven means dependent on or determined by the collection or analysis of data.
How do you use data-driven in a sentence?
Better characterisation of the individual is at the core of the emerging data-driven economy, which will be significantly expanded in scope and depth by the internet of things.
What part of speech is data-driven?
Data-driven is an adjective.

Words near data-driven in the dictionary

  1. data wranglers
  2. data wrangling
  3. data-base
  4. data-bases
  5. data-bound
  6. data-driven
  7. data-driven programming
  8. data-mining
  9. data-oriented
  10. data-phobe
  11. data-phobes

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