average

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The highest oil prices since 2022 catapulted the average U.S. price for gasoline to $4.09 Friday, according to AAA, while diesel costs surged to $5.53.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But even as an adolescent growing up in Harlem, she felt like an old soul, her thoughts running deeper than the average kid’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The four-week average of new claims slid to 207,750 at the end of March, even lower than it was one year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Boeing and Airbus delivered an average of 1,500 planes a year in 2016, 2017, and 2018.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Within a couple weeks, the class quiz average had risen to 97 percent.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone