The agreement sets targets to prevent the Earth's average temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

It might help some get into a top college, but only if they have above-average scores in the first place.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The land surface pokes just a couple of meters on average above sea level, making it the lowest-lying nation in the world.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

In an area where manufacturing jobs have disappeared and the unemployment rate has risen above the national average, Mr.Obama called on Congress to pass a new job-creation bill.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

especially right now,he says. In Germany, the above market price paid to wind and solar farm owners adds about two to five Euros to the average household's monthly power bill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The agency report called for the need to adapt to an increase in more intense hurricanes in the Caribbean, above-average warming impact on glacier-dependent river flows in Central Asia,and droughts affecting fragile economies in North Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01