mediocre
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Just a few years ago, the fastest rate of growth the economy was thought to be able to sustain each year was around 1.8%, a mediocre number historically.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bill Plaschke wrote that the Dodgers are “now just eight wins away but, given how mediocre the American League playoff teams appear, they could realistically be just four wins away.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
At around 35 million hectolitres the total harvest would be down two percent on a mediocre 2025 yield and 14 percent below the 2021–2025 average, according to estimates published Wednesday by the ministry of agriculture.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Facing pressures from "massive increases" in costs for fuel and fertiliser and "very mediocre returns" on his harvests, he is now considering using more of his land for commercial crops.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
He is mediocre to the last degree, though as obnoxious and self-satisfied as was his father before him.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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