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average
adjective as in normal, typical
Strong matches
boilerplate, common, commonplace, fair, familiar, garden, general, humdrum, intermediate, mainstream, medium, middling, nowhere, plastic, standard
Weak matches
customary, dime a dozen, everyday, fair to middling, garden-variety, mid, middle-of-the-road, passable, run of the mill, so-so, tolerable, undistinguished, unexceptional, usual
adjective as in numerical mean
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Strong matches
noun as in normal, typical amount
Example Sentences
If implemented at the higher end, the tariffs now proposed by Trump would cost the average U.S. household over $2,600 per year, according to the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
The population of the white-backed vulture, for example, declined by around 90 percent in just three generations -- equivalent to an average decline of 4 percent per year.
Today, resistant microbes appear, on average, within two or three years of a new drug’s release.
Data from Cedars-Sinai show that on average, Black patients reported higher levels of postpartum pain compared with their white counterparts, the letter said.
On average an undocumented worker makes approximately $16 an hour, according to the California Immigrant Data Portal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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