How to pronounce billion

Listen to billion in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“billion” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. £6 billion to £28 billion.

    UK Parliament · watch from 19:06 · hear it here

  2. billion and $700 billion in total assets.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 33:18 · hear it here

  3. 261 billion, and Japan, at 234 billion.

    CDC · watch from 4:59 · hear it here

  4. £1.8 billion to £3.9 billion.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 72:22 · hear it here

Why real speech

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