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average

Definition for average

adjective as in numerical mean

Strongest match

median

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intermediate, medium, middle

noun as in normal, typical amount

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median, standard

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mean, medium, middle, midpoint, norm, par, rule

Weak match

usual

verb as in obtain numerical mean

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balance, equate

Weak match

even out

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Example Sentences

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After averaging 16 pitches an inning in 14 previous starts, he needed 29 to get through the first inning Friday.

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L.A. has had an average of 58 West Nile infections per year since 2020, with an average of one death per year, according to data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

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Similarly, major stock averages’ continuous march to records is “testament to the view that the S&P 500 has become completely disconnected from the real economy,” David Rosenberg, of Rosenberg Research, wrote this past week.

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Still, it says Air NZ’s shares already implies a recovery in returns to levels akin to its weighted average cost of capital.

Its auto underwriting profit margin of 12% last year was 7.5 points higher than the industry average, according to AM Best, and the gap could be similar this year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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