median
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The national median existing-home price in October rose 0.4% from a year earlier, to $416,700, NAR said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The small device works by delivering electrical pulses to the median nerve at the wrist, which trials have shown can change the activity in the parts of the brain involved in movement control.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Levels.fyi data shows the median base salary for new software engineer offers was 4% to 17% higher than for current employees at the same level.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The median down payment among first-time buyers is 9% this year, according to a report by the National Association of Realtors, or about $36,000 for a typical $400,000 home.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
Fifty-six percent of the users were men, and the median age range for all users was twenty-one to thirty-five.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Some are bus-shelter-sized kiosks, while others are street displays up to 22 feet tall and positioned on sidewalks and medians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
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
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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