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on average

ADVERB

generally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

more or less

Synonyms

WEAK

about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite relatively roughly thereabouts very close

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The figures show during May there were 2,241 patients a day, on average, who experience corridor care, while on wards there were 669.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

My assumption has always been that on average they were reasonable, but a reality check can’t hurt.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Operating profit is expected to exceed $6.5 billion by 2030, growing about 8% a year, on average.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Requests for these facilities were denied at far higher rates: 65% on average across all the insurers for long-term care hospitals, and 54% for inpatient rehab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

According to Newton’s law, the extra stars would make no difference at all to the original ones on average, so the stars would fall in just as fast.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

on average

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