average
noun
a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean.
have averaged
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present perfectof average.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Starters this decade have averaged less than 4 ⅔ innings and about 74 pitches per game in the postseason, an outing that would have embarrassed their predecessors from generations ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Riley’s teams have averaged more yards per play in his tenure than any other team in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Loadings at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea port at Yanbu have averaged around 4 million barrels a day since the war began, up from around 1 million barrels a day before the war, León said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In their matches so far, they have averaged an expected goals against of just 0.3 - the lowest by any team since records began in 1966.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
We have averaged about ten and a half miles a day; eleven and a half omitting the two days spent waiting out the blizzard.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
