average person
Example Sentences
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The whole point of a cat-and-mouse tale is to show us how clever the mouse is, but Daniel doesn’t do anything the average person wouldn’t think of.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
According to Budget Your Trip, the average person who is not attending a wedding spends $19 per day on food.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
The point is the feeling his creates, the paranoia that the average person is powerless against such dark forces.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
As Chester told me, “The system is so extensive, it’s impossible for the average person to opt out of” all the means of tracking afforded by TV-as-internet.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
The present comparative rarity of tuberculosis results in large measure from the fact that the average person now seldom comes into contact with the tubercle bacillus.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
