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Households spend an average of about $1,700 annually on their pets, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The U.S. economy added an above-forecast 162,000 jobs last month — yet Americans were spending an average of six months unemployed, the data showed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

That’s a big improvement from the 10,000 jobs a month added on average in 2025, but not as robust as 2024 when the country added 122,000 jobs a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Inflation-adjusted diesel prices have reached higher than the current $5.85 national average per gallon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We’re not minors, neither of us. We’re just shorter than average adults. And we moisturize our faces every hour on the hour, so we don’t wrinkle.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

He said the current diesel spike is not exceptionally high when put in the context of inflation-adjusted averages over the last two decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Its vaccination rates also fall below statewide averages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Bitcoin has broken its intermediate downtrend, reclaimed important moving averages and pushed through resistance on stronger volume.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

He averages 23.9 against southpaws compared with 31.3 against right-handers - helpful for England because Tongue and Atkinson's records are almost a mirror image.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The average income for the top 0.1 percent was $3 million in 2002, the latest year for which averages are available.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

It was also Roberts’ only big play on a night where he averaged less than two yards per carry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Diesel prices averaged $5.85 a gallon today, a record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The original transfer fee is averaged over the length of his Forest contract, and when he moved to Manchester City around £21m was left on the books.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

That bodes well for the S&P 500, considering that since 1950 the index has averaged a 0.2% gain when starting above that “smoothed trend” level, Oppenheimer found.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

But in its second year Del Mar needed a boost; daily attendance averaged just six thousand.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The two were almost identical for runs in behind, Jackson averaging 13 per 90 and Watkins 12.7, although the Englishman made slightly more runs which finished inside the penalty area.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Today, more than 50% of students graduating with bachelor’s degrees have student loans averaging between $29,000 to $35,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Even the NBA Finals ratings during the COVID-19 pandemic were at an all-time low, averaging just 7.45 million viewers for the Lakers’ six-game, bubble series win over the Miami Heat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Then, in eight games last season, he threw more interceptions than touchdowns and took 23 sacks, averaging one roughly every 10 dropbacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Modern Sapiens sport a brain averaging 73–85 cubic inches.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari