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[mee-dee-uhn] / ˈmi di ən /




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Analysts expected 478.4 million euros, according to median company-compiled consensus estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The median price of a California home has risen from about $570,000 in 2018 to $900,000 in 2026.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Yet many Americans are underfunded when it comes to retirement, with the median amount that workers have saved for retirement at just $955, according to the National Institute of Retirement Security.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The study included 485,934 adults in China who were followed for a median of 9.05 years.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 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

Investors choose to focus on the medians of the policymaker forecasts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

And indeed, if Nailer scrutinized the jungle carefully, he could make out the boulevards that had been, before trees punctured their medians and encroached.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi


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