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Ahead of the speech, the paper highlights ongoing questions around reforming the triple lock, under which pensions rise each year by the highest of inflation, average earnings or 2.5%.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Every month this calendar year has seen the average mean CET above average.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Traffic hit the third-highest level on record for the month of July, exceeding the five-year average for the month of 30.1 million tons.
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
While the average American salary at that time was $5,500 annually, Bobby, who certainly didn’t consider himself average, had made barely $1,000 for a year’s work.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The historical averages are calculated over a 30-year period from 1991-2020, which matches the standard period used by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Its notice said admitted Black and Latino applicants had lower averages on those measures than both admitted and rejected white and Asian applicants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
That doesn’t concern Beck too much, who says she averages $6,000 a month with UGC and makes additional income helping run an online creator academy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
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
“It’s the batting averages of the Johnston Jupiters. We’ve got to be ready for this game!”
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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He averaged 7.7 rebounds and shot 47.6%, including 36.6% from three-point range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Ducks will also be without forward Troy Terry, who averaged 24 goals over the past five seasons, until well into the winter as he recovers from hip surgery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
With Australia 2-0 up in the series, Wood averaged 90.4mph on day one and transformed the series in an electric spell of pace bowling, famously dismissing Australia opener Usman Khawaja.
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
And also because we've averaged about two classes together every year since the sixth grade.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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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
Brentford, however, have taken 22 points from 26 matches, averaging 0.85 points per game.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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
Modern Sapiens sport a brain averaging 73–85 cubic inches.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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