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average

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




VERB
obtain numerical mean
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Microsoft says the qubits on Majorana 2, its new chip, survive for an average of 20 seconds, rather than the milliseconds of Majorana 1.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“Even if the economic pie is getting a touch smaller, the average person is getting a bigger piece of it,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

According to Hayes, the average size for a bond issue in the U.S. high-yield market is $800 million, while the average for issues held by the Intrepid Income Fund is about $400 million.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

The last El Nino contributed to making 2023 the second-hottest year on record and 2024 the all-time high at around 1.55C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

I had earned the highest grade-point average of any student during the first forty-six years of the school’s existence.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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