How to pronounce threes
Listen to threes in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“threes” in real sentences
232 clips in the index · 35 American · 49 British · 5 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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unemployment was in the threes, mid threes.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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3 s 2 s 3 s threes threes threes I think I'd go for probably an
UK Parliament · hear it here
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- Does it come in threes?
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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threes near the abortion centre.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of threes. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.