as in a shot
for each one
we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population
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Recent Examples of per capita
This represents a per capita loss of $5,612 by 2028 and $34,369 by 2035.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
New Mexico also has the seventh-highest percentage of federal jobs and the fifth-most national parks per capita.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Especially lacking are primary care physicians – particularly in rural areas, where there are one-third as many physicians per capita as in urban areas.
—Patrick Aguilar, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Between its independence in 1960 and 2020, GDP per capita plunged 45%, according to the World Bank.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
New Mexico also has the seventh-highest percentage of federal jobs and the fifth-most national parks per capita.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Especially lacking are primary care physicians – particularly in rural areas, where there are one-third as many physicians per capita as in urban areas.
—Patrick Aguilar, The Conversation, 17 Oct. 2025
Between its independence in 1960 and 2020, GDP per capita plunged 45%, according to the World Bank.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for per capita
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California would drop two seats and Illinois and New York would each lose one.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The House and Senate each passed the BBB by razor thin margins with most votes on party lines.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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