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per

[pur, per] / pɜr, pər /


PREPOSITION
by means of
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After the council approved the increases, those business leaders responded with a ballot proposal that sought to repeal the city’s business tax, which generates more than $800 million per year for city services.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

In the 21 months the scheme has been in place, the north-west London council has collected £54,799 on average per month, with the scheme only in place during term time.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Of those, 84% have reported earnings per share that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates, above the average seen over the past decade.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

The winery currently has more than 160,000 finished bottles in its cellars, Tiedt says—representing about $6.4 million in retail sales, at an average of $40 per bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

Soviet rocket scientists had just launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, a 184-pound aluminum sphere that was orbiting Earth every ninety-six minutes at 18,000 miles per hour.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin


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