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average

[av-er-ij, av-rij] / ˈæv ər ɪdʒ, ˈæv rɪdʒ /




VERB
obtain numerical mean
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Boats that arrived in the UK from 28 September 2025 to 27 September 2026 carried an average of 67 people.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Summit said Monday that AstraZeneca will buy $2 billion of convertible preferred shares, representing a common stock price of $18.36 a share, a 10% premium to the stocks’ five-day volume-weighted average price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

By June, Shein had an average of 128 million monthly users in the European Union, a decrease of about 28 million from the end of last year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Pacific has been unusually active this season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec, with storm activity running above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

All over Japan, people began to realize that this was not an average event.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Remarkably, just 2% of global equity market indices are trading above both their 50-day and 200-day moving averages, down from 66% a week ago, the strategists find.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Since being promoted to number three in England's T20 side at the World Cup earlier this year, Brook averages 95.20 at a strike-rate of 200.84.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tarlov, 42, has been a sturdy liberal counterweight at “The Five,” which averages 3.5 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

The agency said most production and trade flows may not return to preconflict averages until the second quarter of 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I used to feel so proud, inside myself, because I knew that I was supposed to be top of the averages.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He averaged 7.7 rebounds and shot 47.6%, including 36.6% from three-point range.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

The rushing attack wasn’t much better, as the Trojans averaged a mere 3.6 yards per rush.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Despite bowling quickly on occasions, Wood averaged 41.73 with the ball across his first 12 Tests.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The rainfall is the total amount of rain for the month or season, averaged across the selection of grid cells.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

We averaged about two dollars a day during the summer.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

But despite taking the first set, he was distinctly below par throughout the best-of-three encounter, averaging just 82.41.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Cleveland, which entered the game averaging 258 yards rushing per game, were held to barely more than 200 on Friday, most of them scored by senior running back Moyosoreoluwa Odebunmi, who rushed for two scores.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Still, the trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada were unchanged, averaging 1.95% annually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The benefit is fairly modest, averaging about $9,000 per child annually, in a country where childcare costs can exceed $30,000 a year.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

The class is averaging an 83.75 so far, not including homework.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty




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