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How to pronounce prior in American English

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  1. prior to his administration.

    The Obama White House

  2. the prior aometric records surrounding the episodes of the prior fluctuating hearing loss.

    FAA

  3. the audit period which is the prior fiscal the prior two fiscal years basically

    US Fish & Wildlife Service

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