average person
Example Sentences
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Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
According to Budget Your Trip, the average person who is not attending a wedding spends $19 per day on food.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
And, Alana said, she’s not alone: “Anyone who’s an average person is in the same boat, we’re all just trying to stay afloat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
While the average person does not have the power of a federal judge, they do have the agency to make choices in their own daily lives that can weaken or strengthen civil society.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
The vast wasteland of television programming had finally reached its zenith, and the average person was no longer limited to fifteen minutes of fame.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
