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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

Example Sentences

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The New York Fed reported Thursday that, on average, U.S. consumers it polled in April put a 44% chance on the unemployment rate going higher over the next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

The party's support was down on average by four points compared with four years ago.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

While the few companies that came up short had their stocks punished, those that beat on both top and bottom lines saw their stocks gain 1.1% on average.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The economy added a more stingy 68,000 jobs, on average, through the first three months of 2026, with economists forecasting an increase of 55,000 in April.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Across the country, the upper middle class so dominates elite universities that high-income students, on average, actually get slightly more financial aid from colleges than low- income students do.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times