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average

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




VERB
obtain numerical mean
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That strongly suggests that the 33% growth Wall Street is currently projecting for Google’s 2027 capex is too low—especially after a three-year run that will have seen spending jump an average of 80% annually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Microsoft says the qubits on Majorana 2, its new chip, survive for an average of 20 seconds, rather than the milliseconds of Majorana 1.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

These are sorted by average returns for 10 years through May 31.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The VettaFi US Large Cap Dividend Initiators Index would have returned 13% a year over, on average, the past 10 years.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Workers in rural areas, which are home to two-thirds of the population, earn less than a dollar a day on average.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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