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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The culprit making the clearest contribution in the tragedy are vicious Santa Ana winds gusting up to 100 miles per hour that spread and fanned flames quickly while also making most conventional means of fighting them less effective to completely impossible. —

Eric MacK, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 The Pacific Palisades Fire, fueled by gusts of up to 100 miles per hour, is completely uncontained as of January 9. —

Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 California Tiny burning embers flew miles, causing L.A. fire destruction on historic scale Jan. 9, 2025 With the combined force of both systems, wind gusts reached 100 miles per hour in the San Gabriel Mountains. —

Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025 For example, in 2023 QIMA collected data on 1.7 million defects in consumer goods—equating to 197 defects per hour. —

Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for an/per hour