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on average

ADVERB

generally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all almost always altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

ADVERB

more or less

Synonyms

WEAK

about almost around ballpark figure bordering on circa close to in the ballpark in the neighborhood of in the vicinity of just about not far from not quite relatively roughly thereabouts very close

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On the opposite end, we find that consumer staples like supermarket stocks and healthcare are the laggards, delivering returns of 0.38% and 0.42% a month on average during rising rate cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

IPOs of companies with inflation-adjusted, trailing-year revenue of $500 million or more still underperformed the market by around 4% on average over three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

At current market valuation multiples, that could translate into $7.5 trillion in 2036, which translates to $1.8 trillion today if investors expect to earn 15% a year on average for the next 10 years.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Last year, the U.S. economy was adding 10,000 jobs a month on average, she noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Right now the Appalachians are shrinking on average by 0.03 millimeters per year.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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