Example Sentences

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Across the league, teams are averaging 20.9 fouls per game.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The 2023 Conference League winners are averaging 1.03 points per game, which would mean they finish the season on 39 points.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

This season, Division-I softball teams are averaging an all-time high of nearly 0.8 home runs per game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A Cape-size vessel, or the biggest ships and ones that carry iron ore, are averaging between $25,000 and $30,000 a day fairly consistently.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Even with our present knowledge we can easily produce twice as much per acre as we are averaging, and we are tilling only about one-fourth of the land that could be made productive.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.