an/per hour
idiom
—used in measurements that describe the speed of something
The speed limit is 65 miles per hour.
a ball thrown at 88 miles an hour
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Each episode of the miniseries—there are four, each one about an hour long—is shot in one take.
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
But things ground to a halt as Visharad, a 12-year-old who attends Lake Forest Country Day School, faced 13-year-old Ian Leong, from Matthews Middle School in Island Lake, for well over an hour, long after the other nine students had been eliminated.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The two delivery drivers assembled the sofa in less than half an hour.
—Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
After an hour of hostility, police intervened and Ehrlich eventually left the building.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
But things ground to a halt as Visharad, a 12-year-old who attends Lake Forest Country Day School, faced 13-year-old Ian Leong, from Matthews Middle School in Island Lake, for well over an hour, long after the other nine students had been eliminated.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
The two delivery drivers assembled the sofa in less than half an hour.
—Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2025
After an hour of hostility, police intervened and Ehrlich eventually left the building.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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“An/per hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%2Fper%20hour. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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