per year

Example Sentences

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According to the new study, published in Science Advances, global sea levels have risen at an average rate of 2.06 millimeters per year since 1960.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

In February, they said they were spending thousands of pounds per year on service charges for empty homes and were unable to sell up.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

That measure, if approved, would have deprived the city of an average of $860 million per year over five years, spurring deep cuts to city services.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

You increase them by roughly 8% per year between 67 and 70.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

This amounts to roughly 30,000 students per grade per year, more than 700,000 sets of test answers, and nearly 100 million individual answers.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt