Meaning & use
on average
Typically or usually, when considering all cases together as a whole rather than one instance.
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On average, the delivery takes about three days to arrive.
Students in the class scored, on average, ten points higher this term.
A note on using this word
On average signals that individual cases may vary, even though the overall pattern described is accurate.
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