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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Left Bank had 36 members of staff, meaning the bonuses would have averaged out at more than £280,000 per employee. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025 The upside is that repeating the same computation and averaging out the results could make conventional quantum error correction unnecessary. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2025 Each were measured on a 100-point scale and averaged out by weight to determine the overall rank of where to spend Thanksgiving Day. — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024 Given the historic pricing increases that kick in with a sixth game, and the even steeper lift that a Game 7 can command—the going rate for a 30-second spot in a seventh broadcast would likely average out to around $625,000 a throw—Fox is looking down the barrel of a $147.8 million loss. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for average out

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“Average out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/average%20out. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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