Sentence examples for a true trend from inspiring English sources

Hollar describes these results as "cautiously exciting" and warns that the sample size is small and that a true trend cannot be determined for at least five years.

On July 26, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the second-ranking American commander in Iraq, said that the lower death toll was a "positive sign" but that it was too early to say whether the reduction was a "true trend".

But the only way to forecast a true trend exclusively these days is to be out in front of it — to spot the proto-trend at two, before it even qualifies, and, in so naming it, nudge it along in its journey to full-trend status.

The general decrease in 'UwE' alerts for Country B is more likely a factor of the small sample size, rather than a true trend.

Second, the appropriate controls are rarely given to demonstrate that the highlighted examples represent a true trend.

Therefore, we approximated the degree to which the increasing diversity reflected a true trend of an increasing number of species being targeted by fisheries (Fig. S2, Text S1).

Pretax income provides a better indicator of the true trend in earnings growth, as changes in a company's reported tax rate can skew net income percentage changes but will not affect pretax income.

Fed officials have long argued that core inflation is a more meaningful measure of the true trend in inflation.

Not all scientists are ready to accept that this is a true statistical trend, though.

Younger FSWs were less likely to have ever used drugs, which may reflect a true declining trend of drug use.

This generalised improvement may reflect a respondent bias in a non-blinded study with repeat measures, a true secular trend or some effect of the intervention.