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per

[pur, per] / pɜr, pər /


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by means of
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Natural gas futures settled up 1% to $3.066 per mmBtu for the day, with analysts anticipating that this week’s EIA storage report will show smaller-than-usual builds in natural gas storage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

With a tight budget, Fisher and Herman were able to build the home for just $150,000, or $30 per square foot, a price that was nearly unheard of even in the early 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bakker and his then-wife Tammy Faye founded a Christian television programme called The PTL Club in 1974, which at its peak attracted 13 million viewers per day.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

You can pay in a maximum of £2,880 per year, which the government will then top up with £720 tax relief to make a total £3,600.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The Himalayan mountains rise about a third of an inch per year—fingernails grow more than twice as fast.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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