averaged

verb

past tense of average
1
as in measured

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as in equalized

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Recent Examples of averaged His 14 home runs have averaged 418 feet in length, which is tied for the best average in the majors this season. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 According to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board, cannabis flower harvested in the 1990s averaged around 5% THC; by 2022, the state’s average flower potency had climbed to roughly 21%, with some strains tested as high as 35%. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 For the week, the field averaged 67 feet, 5 inches from the hole on approach shots from the rough, more than 22 feet farther than the season average. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Skyscanner found that flights during the week of August 10 averaged about $200 less than the city’s overall summer airfare average. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026 So far this year, homes over $1 million have averaged 62 days on the market, much higher than the 24-day average in 2022. — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 Rodriguez’s fastball averaged 94 mph, which is down from his average of 96 mph in his first game of the spring. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026 In September, Border Patrol agents averaged roughly 279 apprehensions per day along the Southwest border — about 8,300 for the month — marking a 95% drop from the previous administration’s daily average of about 5,110 between February 2021 and December 2024, according to CBP figures. — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for averaged
  1. measured
  2. equalized
  3. reached
  4. normalized
  5. organized
Verb
  • At the bar area, quat sanitizing solution measured below 150 ppm.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon report notes that the object's speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of measured
Verb
  • Giacomo Calo opened the scoring for Frosinone with the aid of a goalkeeping error and although Domenico Berardi equalized for the visitors after a quarter of an hour, Raimundo took charge soon after with a series of classic poacher goals.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • That lead would not last long, as Kansas City equalized in the 39th minute.
    — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of equalized
Verb
  • Today, our constructor has reached into his evidently limitless bag of tricks to pull out a doozy of a Thursday grid.
    — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Disenchantment with the current political and economic system has also reached a point where socialism has grown more popular among Americans.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of reached
Verb
  • The anti-Muslim rhetoric is not novel in the political world of attack ads, but seems to be more normalized in Florida, according to experts who spoke with the Miami Herald.
    — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Officials, activists and residents in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of normalized
Verb
  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized

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