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Their 18.5 turnovers forced per game rank third in the league, and they average an NBA-best 11 steals per game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The 19-year-old cruised past Greaves with a 5-2 victory, finishing with an average just under 110 and seven 180s.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
By comparison, Pluto's average orbital distance is about 40 au.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Even if nobody had an advantage, testing 100 investors at the conventional 5% significance threshold would flag about five, on average.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Within a couple weeks, the class quiz average had risen to 97 percent.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
Luka Doncic, the league’s leading scorer at 38.6 points per game, also averages an NBA-worst five turnovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Fire Department says its response time averages just under eight minutes — nearly double the national standards set by the National Fire Protection Assn., an international nonprofit that creates and maintains fire safety standards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Latigo Peak uses moving averages and other technical indicators to determine its criteria for selling stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The S&P 500’s forward price-to-earnings ratio is below its five-year and 10-year averages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Across the sheet are averages and standard deviations for the 107 dogs most recently adopted.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
In his first full season at the club, in 2019-20, he averaged 72.4 successful passes per game, won possession 5.1 times and made 5.3 clearances.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
USC’s rushing game was held to -18 yards, while the offense averaged 3.2 yards per play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The four-year Spartan averaged 11.1 points on 58.4% shooting with 7.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists and one block in his final season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Saudi Arabia’s crude exports averaged around 7 million barrels a day in October, slightly down from 7.2 million in September but still above the kingdom’s 2025 average of 6.2 million, according to data from Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
We averaged about two dollars a day during the summer.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
The most familiar example is the flu shot: Effectiveness varies by season, usually averaging just around 40%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Hangzhou-based company announced last week it had sold one million units globally of its popular electric model, the Geely E2, averaging one car sold a minute over two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Prior to Sunday's game, Chelsea were averaging just 46% possession.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Doncic is now averaging 40.1 points per game this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
With no tent, and often navigating with nothing better than road maps, he walked for 123 days, from April to August, averaging seventeen miles a day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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