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per

[pur, per] / pɜr, pər /


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by means of
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Cloud providers typically rent their cloud capacity to customers for a few dollars an hour per GPU.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Water UK, the trade association for the UK's water industry, estimated, external that data centres used approximately 6.6 million litres of water per day - the equivalent used by 20,000 average homes.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Adjusted earnings of 94 cents per share for the fiscal second quarter were just a penny above the consensus view.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Lawyers who use the loans to sway the client’s decision-making around “legal strategy, settlement decisions, or continued representation” can be fined $15,000 per offense.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Another adds, “Top speed of over three hundred and twenty miles per hour!”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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