average
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Energy Information Administration recently forecast that the price of international benchmark Brent crude will average $89 a barrel at the end of this year and $79 in 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
A loaf of basic medium slice white bread cost 65p in 2022 but that's now risen to 74p on average in the big supermarkets.
From BBC • May 24, 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
Americans with hefty stock portfolios are on average feeling better than their peers, according to the Michigan survey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
NOTE: In case you are curious, the size of the whole tone of the "mean tone" system is also the mean, or average, of the major and minor whole tones.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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