average
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Global average air temperatures in August were 16.96C,
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Now the Dodgers are without Freeman, the team’s leading hitter with a .297 average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Indeed, no bowler since World War II with at least 100 Test wickets has a better average than Robinson.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
After the Program, only “an estimated average of 16” had a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Whereas in the U.S., directly following a hike, the relative return averages a loss of almost 2%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
He said the current diesel spike is not exceptionally high when put in the context of inflation-adjusted averages over the last two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He averages 23.9 against southpaws compared with 31.3 against right-handers - helpful for England because Tongue and Atkinson's records are almost a mirror image.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Miles averages 20 points and 6.2 assists per game, ranking among the top 10 in the league for both statistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Enrique’s train runs only a few times a week, but it averages three derailments a month—seventeen accidents in a particularly bad month—by the count of Jorge Reinoso, chief of operations for Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab, the railroad.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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At its peak, the UK version of the international drag competition averaged at around 1.5 million viewers per episode.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Gasoline prices across the country averaged $4.2245 per gallon as of Wednesday, up 10 cents a gallon in the past week — up more than $1 a gallon in the past year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Last season, the show averaged 9.1 million viewers, up 9%, according to Nielsen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was also Roberts’ only big play on a night where he averaged less than two yards per carry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
He stood six-foot-eight and averaged thirty points per game.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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They see Brent crude averaging $83 a barrel in the second half of this year and $75 a barrel in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Diesel, the fuel of choice for heavy-duty commercial trucks, is averaging $5.62 a gallon nationwide, compared with an average of $5.30 a gallon just a month ago, according to AAA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even the NBA Finals ratings during the COVID-19 pandemic were at an all-time low, averaging just 7.45 million viewers for the Lakers’ six-game, bubble series win over the Miami Heat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Then, in eight games last season, he threw more interceptions than touchdowns and took 23 sacks, averaging one roughly every 10 dropbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
He told us he had started in Maine in deep snow and had been endlessly caught in blizzards, but was still averaging twenty-five miles a day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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