Example Sentences

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Price gouging skyrocketed as thousands flooded the rental market in January, leading to bidding wars for subaverage homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

Florida requires defendants to demonstrate both “significantly subaverage intellectual functioning” and impairments in “adaptive behaviour”, such as communicating and looking after oneself.

From Economist • Mar. 6, 2014

They must have subaverage intellectual functioning and difficulty living independently, and they must show it before age 18.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2013