median
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That beat the median forecast for 59.5% growth from a Wall Street Journal survey of 11 economists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The median age of the “Jeopardy!” audience is 70, according to Nielsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He says that median local household income was $75,000 in 2024, up by a quarter from $59,555 in 2010.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
This includes having a modest six-week cash emergency fund as well as other financial assets or home equity equal to 10% of the area median home sale price.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Hamilton kept plowing through the water and when the rain lightened he veered up the side of the median and screeched back onto the highway and kept going.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
That could include policies like forced medians, distribution guidelines or being transparent about grades given.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Overall survival also differed significantly, with medians of 42 months and 14 months, respectively.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
As former Fed economist Claudia Sahm has written, “The medians in the SEP aren’t the Fed forecast and never will be.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
On high-speed roads, medians are supposed to gently separate traffic moving in the opposite direction.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
During my high school summers, I cut grass in parks and on the medians of highways, unloaded trucks, and walked beside road-paving equipment with a rake to smooth the hot asphalt along the curbs.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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