median
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L.A. metro-area rent prices recently fell to a four-year low, with the median rent slipping to $2,167 in December.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
In the 10 other streaks since 1950, the median return over the following one-, three-, and six-month periods were 1.6%, 2.4%, and 8.0%, respectively.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The latest CPI reading was above the median forecast of nine economists in a Wall Street Journal poll tipping a 3.0% increase.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
When you pressure people with massive, nonnegotiable expenses—energy costs 70% above the U.S. average and the nation’s seventh-highest median home prices—they have to cut costs in other ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
“Your median student in those studies comes from a family making over a hundred thousand dollars, and that’s in nineteen ninety dollars,” Cohen says.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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