How to Use average out in a Sentence

average out

phrasal verb
  • And second, over the long term, this approach helps to average out the good days and the bad days.
    Amy Wagner and Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Over the past two decades, the Russell rate of female CEO hires averages out to 6.8%.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • That averages out to a child dying in a hot car every 10 days in the United States.
    Michael Levenson, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Given the overall size of the Sahara, that number averages out to less than one person for every square mile of desert.
    Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
  • These forces balance out so that if a lot of players used the strategy, their many small winnings and few huge losses would average out to $0.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That's within the accepted time frame for human eye blinking, which averages out to one-third of a second.
    Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 6 June 2024
  • That averages out to be one hazmat incident on a passenger plane every two and a half days.
    Stephen Stock, Amy Corral, Jose Sanchez, CBS News, 8 May 2023
  • And the top-shelf ingredients also lend themselves to top-shelf prices, with gourmet chocolates averaging out at $2 apiece.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • Over the long term, October’s performance, when averaged out, isn’t as dire as the reputation might suggest.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The data, evaluated from Redfin’s Data Center, was weighed equally by category and averaged out of a score of 100.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In the large sample size that is a 162-game season as well as the long careers many players have, a player performing well (or poorly) in big situations is expected to average out over time.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Each time an experience is recalled, there are changes in the connection weights of the network, causing memory elements to get more averaged out.
    Saugat Bolakhe, Quanta Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Elliott blew through close to 25 songs in an exceedingly brisk 55 minutes — these catalog choices averaging out at, yes, about two minutes a piece.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 13 May 2023
  • The Dietary Guidelines describe a total diet approach as everything a person eats averaged out over time.
    Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Inflation percentages for the months of July, August and September is added together, averaged out and compared to the same period last year.
    Zach Mentz, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Cook said Alabama Power customers can soften those electricity spikes by signing up for budget billing, which averages out monthly bills over a year’s worth of service.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
  • This averaged out to just over $2,000 per eligible taxpayer.
    E. Napoletano, wsj.com, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The new county water rate will average out to about an $18.72 annual increase for an average family of four, according to county spokesperson Erica Palmisano.
    Lia Russell, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • Trump’s favorability rating over the past seven years among Wisconsin Republicans averages out to 84%.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 15 July 2024
  • Randomizing trial participants averages out that noise and reduces biases.
    Matthew Oliver, Scientific American, 5 May 2023
  • Introduction Over time, however, that variability averaged out into stasis.
    Quanta Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024

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