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]

Examples of on average in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since 2011, Open winners were making, on average, their 38th career major start that week. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Then, building from this methodology, the top 30% (on average) of general acute care hospitals in each state were calculated. — Rachel Rabkin Peachman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

In a June study published in Science, researchers estimated that the number of deaths resulting from ozone produced by wildfires has increased by more than 300, on average, each year since 2013. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

Trump has taken longer on average to approve disaster requests than any other president, according to an Associated Press analysis of data dating back to 1989, when a federal law setting new parameters for disaster determinations was implemented. — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 16 July 2026