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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arithmetic mean
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While the average home value in Ohio was $247,160, buyers could score a home in Sandusky for an average of just $145,974 or in South Euclid for an average of just $185,896.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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That number, after all, is an average, and an employer who has had some big claims—like employees dealing with big health issues such as cancer—in the last year might need to raise costs even more, to 11 or 13%, for example.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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What was once perceived as a temporary fix may, however, prove to be the golden mean.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
21 June 2025
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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 29 Oct. 2025.
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