median

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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

Among workers who have at least some retirement savings, the median figure is $40,000.

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

Yet, falling fertility and a median age of 28 mean it remains one of the world's youngest countries, with nearly 70% of its population of working age.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s like the innumerate high school principal who complains that most of his students score below his school’s median SAT score.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos