arithmetic mean

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Recent Examples of arithmetic mean How To Apply The Metrics Each axis is scored on a 1-10 scale, and the composite score is the arithmetic mean. Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025 To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
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Noun
  • Users can find out where prices stand in their local area relative to the national average; or look up localities nearby to better understand how prices vary in their region.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Through two games, the Ragin’ Cajuns have held opponents to an average of 12 points per game — a mark that’s tied for the best in the Sun Belt.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What was once perceived as a temporary fix may, however, prove to be the golden mean.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 21 June 2025
  • Embodied is working to achieve a kind of anthropomorphic golden mean with its bot: not so mechanical that children lose interest but not realistic enough for kids to humanize it.
    Webb Wright, Scientific American, 5 June 2024

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“Arithmetic mean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arithmetic%20mean. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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