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average

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




VERB
obtain numerical mean
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This season the Thunder beat the Lakers by an average of 29.2 points per game in sweeping the four-game set.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

Berkshire has left a lot of money on the table with Apple, up about 50% to $280 a share from what Barron’s estimates is its average selling price.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Currently, big tech companies have a significant share of the industrial average, including Apple, International Business Machines, Cisco, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon.com and Salesforce.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

This is nearly double the average year’s total.

From Salon • May 3, 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




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