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rate

[reyt] / reɪt /








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The internet and wireless performances are increasingly linked as AT&T sells bundled offerings that also help reduce the rate of subscriber churn, or customers leaving the company’s network.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

“In aerospace, you don’t accelerate the rate like that,” Martel said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

While the rate of false accusations of sexual assault is already low, it’s rarer still for multiple women to coordinate a conspiracy of false accusations.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

And an energy price shock can knock the winds out of spending and so growth; rate rises could just make that worse.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

I took Gran’s initial resting heart rate, counting a total of thirty-four beats for thirty seconds, and scribbled sixty-eight in my notebook.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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