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on average

ADVERB

generally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

more or less

Synonyms

WEAK

about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite relatively roughly thereabouts very close

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For instance, at the end of last year borrowers of $100 million loans were, on average, only getting $99.15 million after this fee, though they have to repay the full $100 million—plus interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But that’s exactly why they proceed to underperform the market, on average, over the three years subsequent to their offering-day closing prices.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Employer-backed insurance coverage for a family cost a total of nearly $27,000 on average in 2025, up 26% from five years earlier, according to KFF, a health-research nonprofit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The drug – mirvetuximab – extends lives too, from 12.8 months on chemotherapy to 16.5 months on the therapy, on average.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

For the first four weeks, the economists simply kept track of the number of parents who came late; there were, on average, eight late pickups per week per day-care center.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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