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average

[av-er-ij, av-rij] / ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒ /




VERB
obtain numerical mean
Synonyms


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While the S&P 500 is more or less flat for the year, financial stocks have declined 7% on average.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It imported 6.2 million barrels a day on average last year, according to the EIA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In the 20-team Premier League era, starting from the 1995-96 season, the average number of points earned by the team finishing 18th is 35.53.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Since those settlements, more than 5,000 new lawsuits have been filed with an average of 150 new claims coming in per month, according to the county, raising the prospect of future costly payouts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The average person lived many months without seeing or hearing a human from outside of her own band, and she encountered throughout her life no more than a few hundred humans.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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