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

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

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

Three hundred dollars was a little more than the average person got paid in a month outside the camps in America.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata