Example Sentences

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Through the first four games, the NBA Finals are averaging 19.6 million viewers, also the highest since the Bulls-Utah Jazz faced off on NBC in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

At the finance department, Tännler has presided over fiscal surpluses averaging more than 300 million francs a year over the past five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Now Maguire fears plans to use her earlier grades to arrive at her final degree grade will not reflect her final-year work, for which she has been averaging first-class scores.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, retail gasoline prices are averaging $4.174 a gallon on Sunday, down from $4.558 a gallon last month but up from $3.131 a gallon a year ago, according to AAA.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

With no tent, and often navigating with nothing better than road maps, he walked for 123 days, from April to August, averaging seventeen miles a day.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson