How to pronounce rates
Listen to rates in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rates” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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The grant includes travel rates, assistance rates and organisational support rates.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 81:18 · hear it here
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rates are-rates are quite low.
Federal Reserve · watch from 53:11 · hear it here
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patterns, and reported rates are below background rates.
CDC · watch from 35:58 · hear it here
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I was just wondering about the rates, comparative rates.
Census Bureau · watch from 122:26 · hear it here
Why real speech
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