median
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The city-state’s consumer-price index likely gained 2.4% on year in July, up from June’s 1.9% rise, according to the median estimate of six economists polled by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
To qualify for residency, tenants of Viva must have an average income of about 60% of the area’s median income, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Adjusted for inflation, median weekly wages have risen 5% over the period, data from the Federal Reserve shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The median age of a U.S. technology company at IPO has roughly doubled since 2000, from about six years to 12.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s standing on the median that’s perpendicular to ours, and he’s holding a plastic shopping bag from Walgreens with what looks like bags of Halloween candy inside.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
That could include policies like forced medians, distribution guidelines or being transparent about grades given.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Overall survival also differed significantly, with medians of 42 months and 14 months, respectively.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
As former Fed economist Claudia Sahm has written, “The medians in the SEP aren’t the Fed forecast and never will be.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
On high-speed roads, medians are supposed to gently separate traffic moving in the opposite direction.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
The palm trees along Wilshire were nice and uniform, like soldiers standing at attention, and the medians were landscaped with flowers and low shrubs.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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