average
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Eight years ago, the average time between a bug’s public disclosure and an attack was 847 days, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The four defense contractor stocks were up an average of 34% over the past 12 months, coming into Monday trading.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
In the 20-team Premier League era, starting from the 1995-96 season, the average number of points earned by the team finishing 18th is 35.53.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Since those settlements, more than 5,000 new lawsuits have been filed with an average of 150 new claims coming in per month, according to the county, raising the prospect of future costly payouts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
The doctor concluded that she was paranoid, but noted, as Hoover put it, that she “perceives items which would escape the observation of the average individual.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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