Lie
Lie noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Nearby Word: lied
Statistic
Statistic noun - A datum that can be represented numerically.
Both words in one sentence
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In the end, statistics are not lies and statistics don't lie: people lie about the statistic itself or how it is interpreted.
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Disturbing Statistic:GLaDOS: I'm not going to lie to you, the odds are a million to one, and that's with some generous rounding.
Source: Videogame / Portal 2 -
Disturbing Statistic:Nosh: Our armada ships...have a 1-in-600 chance of catastrophic impact anytime we pinch space.Skitter: I...I'm gonna die in space.Fernando: Nosh, that number is a lie, spread by the royal family.
Source: Webcomic / Drive
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