medians

noun

plural of median
as in averages

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  1. averages
  2. normals
  3. standards
  4. norms
  5. means
Noun
  • AccuWeather forecasts that daytime highs in those regions will hit as much as 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit above historical averages through the opening days of September.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Across Europe, heat and water shortages have damaged maize, soybean and sunflower crops, with some harvest forecasts falling 14% below recent averages.
    — Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of averages
Noun
  • Our extended winter weather forecasts emphasize temperature and precipitation deviations from averages, or normals.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Monday peaks close to seasonal normals in the 50s.
    — Gregory Padgett, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of normals
Noun
  • By North Carolina’s historical standards, the answer should be no, but the bar has been lowered so much that a trip to a bottom-tier bowl feels like a victory.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Though the enrollment trend can be stabilizing to its balance sheet, the district is still performing well by state standards.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of standards
Noun
  • Washington should advance these norms through resolutions and interventions in the UN Security Council and General Assembly and use diplomacy to try to get violators to change their behavior.
    — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Acuña, limited by hamstring injuries to roughly 60 percent of the Braves’ games this year, has performed below his career norms.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of norms
Noun
  • The Gulf states have experimented with ship-to-ship transfers and other means of moving crude around Iranian restrictions.
    — Hamidreza Azizi, Time, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Living with endometriosis means becoming an expert on highly specialized ingredients and constantly cross-checking product labels.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2026
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