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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Caissie is from Burlington, Ontario, which is only about an hour drive from Rogers Centre. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025 Community builders had been employing off-duty officers as security guards at $80-90 per hour, but got the cost down to $60 per hour, Pierson said. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025 Employees in the nation's capital of Washington, D.C., earn the most money with an average hourly pay of $54.21 per hour. Cooper Worth, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025 Within an hour, he was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. William Earl, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025 Limani is accused of weaving through traffic and driving 112 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour speed zone. Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025 That pay level came in well below an average of $36.32 per hour across the private sector, BLS data showed. Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2025 The river continued to rise at roughly 1 foot per hour, submerging much of the city overnight. Brandi D. Addison, Nashville Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025 Located about an hour south of Hartsfield-Jackson, the 3,800-acre property—filled with pecan groves, pastures, forests, and lakes—is rooted in Visconti di Modrone’s family history. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025

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“An/per hour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/an%2Fper%20hour. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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