on average

phrase

variants or on the average

: taking the typical example of the group under consideration

Prices have increased on average by five percent. [=the average increase has been five percent]

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Pediatric surgeons earn $450,810 a year, on average, as of 2024, according to federal data. —

Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 July 2026 One child has been killed in Gaza every day on average since October, according to a CNN tally of health ministry figures. —

Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 But meetings as close as this one are quite rare, occurring on average once about every 40 years. —

Joe Rao, Space.com, 3 July 2026 The model estimates, for instance, that a 55-year-old who received only a one-time $1,000 seed investment could expect their account to grow to $38,000, on average. —

Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 3 July 2026 In recent years, visits to food pantries and soup kitchens have increased 84%, on average per month, compared to pre-pandemic levels. —

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Maybe Black people are better at basketball than White people on average. —

Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026 Last year, for example, Chevron charged 73 cents per gallon, on average, more than Costco and Walmart, and 54 cents more than other unbranded gas. —

Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 Secondly, the height difference, with England’s starting XI on average seven centimetres taller than DR Congo’s. —

Liam Tharme, New York Times, 2 July 2026