average Joe
Example Sentences
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Sure, your emergency fund is $20,000, uncomfortably low for you, probably regarded as a godsend for the average Joe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The average Joe won’t get such an opportunity to set the record straight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
For the average Joe on the street, I just think, wear what makes you happy, be comfortable, as long as you're happy.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
"I've struggled to find any internet to work, been conned into spending more money because I'm a foreigner, and had a lot more food poisoning than your average Joe."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2022
As Burrows told the New York Times in 1983, the trio “wanted to create a show around a Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy-type relationship” between a sophisticate and an average Joe.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2020
