as in via
using the means or agency of
the infection is spread to the rest of the body per the bloodstream
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as in each
for each one
you can have them at 50 cents per or three for $1.25
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Recent Examples of per
Malana Van Tyler, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Hoyer’s next potential big-ticket target will be Tucker, who should be ecstatic about the news Bregman, 31 next month, is getting $40 million per year.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
That’s helped bring per-pound retail prices for beef patties down 16% from their September 2015 high of $5.12 to about $4.31 in June, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
—Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 30 June 2018
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Preposition
Since stepping up as the leader in 1991, Shawn defied a then-shrinking industry with passion and innovation, driving annual revenue from $2 million per year to a peak of $123 million.
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Senior libero/setter Cassidy Donalson represented Spring Woods on the watch list after averaging a team-high 4.3 digs per set as a junior.
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According to When to Stream, The Brutalist is expected to debut on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, Feb. 18.—
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Newsweek contacted the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Musk, via the Tesla and SpaceX press offices, for comment on Sunday outside of regular office hours.—
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Kelly had spent more time in space than almost any other person—four missions, each longer than the last, totalling five hundred and twenty days.—
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According to those same estimates, California would lose two, while Illinois, Minnesota, New York and Oregon would each lose one seat.—
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In the years since our hero left for the land of Big Ben, his surrogate-momma bear has settled down in the Home for Retired Bears, located deep in the jungles of Peru and run by a holy order of nuns.—
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Rocket Science confirmed on Tuesday that Wiig and Murray will also serve as executive producers alongside Jillian Apfelbaum and Margot Hand, with a script by Mitch Glazer (The Recruit, Scrooged).—
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Another point of contention is Trump’s decision to have his team begin in-person talks with the Russian side.—
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Sophomore Ashlynn Shade added 12 points, and freshman Sarah Strong rounded out the effort with 10.—
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The next owner should also expect to see plenty of animals, including deer, passing through the acreage and along the trails that lead to the huge and untouched pond on the northeastern edge of the property.—
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Beauty Marks is back again: Vogue’s weekly series running you through the best in celebrity beauty each week.—
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Witherspoon wasted no time in shooting down the theory, taking to her Instagram stories on Saturday to set the record straight.—
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Rothwell received a series order from Onyx Collective in 2022 for How To Die Alone.—
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“Per.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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