- plural of rate.
rates
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He added, though, that rising rates could curb AI investment in other ways, such as by hurting consumers and generally slowing the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
But I prefer vehicles that can move fast if we do get a reversal in rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The pregnancy rates might be as high as 15 percent at age 43, depending on what data you are looking at.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Investors still expect the Fed to raise rates again—if not this month, then soon thereafter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Beginning in the 1960s, crime rates rose in the United States for a period of about ten years.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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