median
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The median price of an existing US home reached a record $440,600 in June, while the average 30-year mortgage rate stood at 6.49 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Shares look cheap “on a historical basis but at or around the median compared to peers and even above peers on a growth-adjusted basis,” he noted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The median sale price of a luxury home as defined by Redfin was about $1.37 million, versus $377,000 for nonluxury homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Some startups have received offers that add up to over $3 million in credits—the value of a median U.S. seed round.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
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
Then there are the tall medians - or road dividers, as they are locally called.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
During my high school summers, I cut grass in parks and on the medians of highways, unloaded trucks, and walked beside road-paving equipment with a rake to smooth the hot asphalt along the curbs.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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