median

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The Scottish Ambulance Service records the median weekly response time by a prioritised colour-coded system.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Applying the median peak loss rate during past crises for commercial-and-industrial loans to business-credit-intermediary lending, they projected a median annual earnings-per-share decline of just 2% for the banks they cover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The median amount American workers have saved for retirement is only $955 when including people who have nothing saved at all, a recent report from the National Institute on Retirement Security found.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The time it takes those applicants to obtain building permits has steadily grown from a median of 127 days in December, when The Times first calculated the figure, to 155 days currently.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The neighborhood’s median income was about $15,000 a year, well less than half the U.S. average.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt