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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That averages out to nearly 18 hurricanes per decade.
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Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
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 amount averages out to an $18.12 million average annual salary, which pales in comparison to what a bad team like, say, the Detroit Pistons could offer with a contract paying $25 million a year.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024
All in all, a family will get about 53 medium loads out of this bottle, which averages out to cost $0.28 per load.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 27 May 2024
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
That averages out to about $1.90 for each of the 78,350 no votes.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Take someone who earns the median wage for a full-time worker for each age from 23 to 65, which averages out to around $55,000 a year.
—Robert Verbruggen, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Tobias Becker’s Yesterday weighs in at 241 pages of text with 1,243 endnotes, which averages out to slightly more than five endnotes per page.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024
Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
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 amount averages out to an $18.12 million average annual salary, which pales in comparison to what a bad team like, say, the Detroit Pistons could offer with a contract paying $25 million a year.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024
All in all, a family will get about 53 medium loads out of this bottle, which averages out to cost $0.28 per load.
—Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 27 May 2024
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
That averages out to about $1.90 for each of the 78,350 no votes.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
Take someone who earns the median wage for a full-time worker for each age from 23 to 65, which averages out to around $55,000 a year.
—Robert Verbruggen, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
Tobias Becker’s Yesterday weighs in at 241 pages of text with 1,243 endnotes, which averages out to slightly more than five endnotes per page.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 22 Feb. 2024
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