average person
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Between 1990 and 2007, the average person was better off by roughly 2.5% per year.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026
The whole point of a cat-and-mouse tale is to show us how clever the mouse is, but Daniel doesn’t do anything the average person wouldn’t think of.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
One of the challenges with the current screening recommendations is that the average person should start getting screened at age 45, for at least the next 30 years.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
The point is the feeling his creates, the paranoia that the average person is powerless against such dark forces.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
It sounds terrifying, but the odds of the average person encountering that kind of radiation are minuscule.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
