average out
phrasal verb
averaged out; averaging out; averages out
: to produce a result that is even and balanced when looked at over a period of time
The irregularities averaged out over the course of the study.
Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. It all averages out in the end.
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The four-day Summer Magic Ticket goes on sale Tuesday and averages out to be $60 a day.
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025
Sanders’ salary will average out to $1,161,845 for each of the next four years, according to salary cap tracker OverTheCap.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Stoll is a Stanford commit with a grade-point average out of this world.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Rounded to the nearest million, the contract with SpaceX averages out to $212 million per launch.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 May 2025
Sanders’ salary will average out to $1,161,845 for each of the next four years, according to salary cap tracker OverTheCap.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Stoll is a Stanford commit with a grade-point average out of this world.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Rounded to the nearest million, the contract with SpaceX averages out to $212 million per launch.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Average out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average%20out. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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