How to pronounce billions in American English
“billions” pronunciation by American speakers
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“billions” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Taking in billions and billions and billions of dollars.
The White House
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This is billions and billions of dollars.
Census Bureau
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from our atmosphere, something that happened billions and billions and billions of years ago.
NASA
Words that sound like “billions”
Words one sound away from billions — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “billions”
Why real speech
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