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per

[pur, per] / pɜr, pər /


PREPOSITION
by means of
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Your husband pays $1,200 per year for a $500,000 death benefit.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

GSK agreed to acquire cancer-drug developer Nuvalent for $10.6 billion, offering $124 per share in cash.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Another proposal, the Parking Price Transparency and Anti-Price-Gouging Initiative, would cap parking near stadiums at $20 per vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Management said that any remaining amounts unutilized under the program could be returned to shareholders through a special dividend per share to be proposed after 2027, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

And when I did the math on one tree per ten square feet over the whole of the burned patch at Rockledge, it added up to major money.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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