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per

[pur, per] / pɜr, pər /


PREPOSITION
by means of
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Oil above $100 gets the headlines, but the effective price per barrel of diesel cranked out by refineries topped $200 last week before European countries agreed to release some stockpiles.

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

We can calculate a company’s projected FCF yield by dividing the consensus estimates for free cash flow per share by a company’s share price.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

Although the model features 501 billion parameters, it only activates 23 billion parameters per query, giving users the advantage of a large, powerful model without the high computing costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

The sub’s batteries were so low that they were making barely three miles per hour.

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




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