median
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The median delay between sentencing and receiving a pardon during Biden, Obama and George H.W.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
A relative low income family is one living on less than 60% of the median national household income for that year.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
And of course in many areas of the U.S., you would be hard-pressed to find a home at the national median price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Meanwhile, affordable-housing landlords have been able to raise their rents because the federal government’s estimates of the median income in their area skew higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
We catch glimpses of him as he paces back and forth on the median, impatient.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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
The palm trees along Wilshire were nice and uniform, like soldiers standing at attention, and the medians were landscaped with flowers and low shrubs.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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