median
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They had pledged enough cash for 25 million children born between 2016 and 2024, in zip codes with median family income below $150,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Relative poverty means a household has disposable income after housing costs below 60% of the UK median, adjusted for family size and composition.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The median list price in San Jose was about $1.2 million that month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
It said the median score of admitted Black applicants was five to seven points lower than that of admitted white applicants each year from 2019 to 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The simple measure of sanity in housing prices, Zelman argued, was the ratio of median home price to income.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
That could include policies like forced medians, distribution guidelines or being transparent about grades given.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Overall survival also differed significantly, with medians of 42 months and 14 months, respectively.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
As former Fed economist Claudia Sahm has written, “The medians in the SEP aren’t the Fed forecast and never will be.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Many medians in India are simply not designed keeping this threat in mind.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
The palm trees along Wilshire were nice and uniform, like soldiers standing at attention, and the medians were landscaped with flowers and low shrubs.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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