average

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So while Essilor’s forward earnings multiple is higher than Meta’s, it is now below its five-year average.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

If we take the average of number of days where snow falls in a month, March is actually snowier than December.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

They employ an average of about a dollar of debt for every dollar of investor equity.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The study analyzed average temperatures from 1950 to 2021, along with more than 26,000 daily temperature readings per state.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell “discovered to my horror that average men and women were delighted at the prospect of war.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman