average person
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The average person picks up their phone between 144 and 186 times a day, according to Google.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The paper quotes No.10 figures suggesting that removing the "traps" could save the average person "£170 a year".
From BBC ● Aug. 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
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
By that time, the average person in England ate ninety pounds of sugar a year—and in the early twentieth century, that number kept rising.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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