average
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Bruno noted that participants who received hormone therapy had an average age of 70.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
As if that were not enough to make the average salad eater develop a mild interest in supply-chain forensics, the story soon acquired a political subplot.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
In five years, what do you want your average week to look like?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Qatar in 2022, the ball was in play for an average of 58 minutes three seconds, or 56.86% of the total match time.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Me, I’m average everything with dull, straight brown hair, baby-fat cheeks, and gray-blue eyes a girl once described as “colorless.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
The firm processed $3.5 trillion in total trading volume last year and currently averages daily trading volume of $10 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
On Monday, Upstart reported that it had facilitated roughly $1.4 billion in total preliminary loan originations across 27.4 effective origination days, which averages out to $51 million per day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Unemployment rates among the young are nearly four times higher than the non-youth and also much higher than global averages.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Their population-weighted coastal averages range from roughly 7 to 10 millimeters per year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Dear Diary, Ever since Ms. Gruwell announced that the Freedom Writers with the top thirty-five grade point averages would win computers when we graduated, I started getting As and Bs on my report card.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.69% last week, the fifth consecutive week of increases, after averaging 6.43% at the start of July, according to Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
According to Opta, Williams averaged 8.2 dribbles per 90 minutes last season in La Liga with only Lamine Yamal, Kevin and Jeremy Doku averaging more in Europe's top five leagues.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
For context, inflation has averaged 4.2% over the past five years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
After a loss in July, job growth has averaged 34,000 in the last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
According to one modern reconstruction, Dawnland diets at the time averaged about 2,500 calories a day, better than those usual in famine-racked Europe.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
More than 32,000 taxpayers had more than $10 million each in those accounts, averaging $17 million each, according to the congressional Joint Committee on Taxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He showed plenty of attacking promise last season, averaging more than five FPL points per start and producing four double-figure hauls.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Dollar-cost averaging, after all, involves investing a fixed amount of money over a period of time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.69% last week, the fifth consecutive week of increases, after averaging 6.43% at the start of July, according to Freddie Mac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Crane family had been averaging a move almost once a year ever since.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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