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average
adjective as in normal, typical
Strong matches
boilerplate, common, commonplace, fair, familiar, garden, general, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, medium, middling, nowhere, plastic, standard
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customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair to middling, garden-variety, mid, middle-of-the-road, passable, run of the mill, so-so, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual
adjective as in numerical mean
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noun as in normal, typical amount
Example Sentences
Last year, dads were an average of 34 years old when their child was born, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The average age of a vehicle in the U.S. is now 12.8 years, S&P Global Mobility reported in March.
Read next: Can a single retiree with average Social Security income and minimal savings live comfortably abroad?
They focus too much on life expectancy, not realizing that this is simply an average, with half the people living longer than that.
"We would have gotten your average mosquito bites on holidays before, but these are on a whole different level," she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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