How to Use going rate in a Sentence

going rate

noun
  • My going rate for a novel is one to two years.
    — Big Think, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The 49ers haven’t been afraid to pay the going rate and then some.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The going rate for a wide receiver has risen.
    — Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • What’s the going rate for James Bond‘s license to kill?
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The going rate for that stuffie is $440 on EBay.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The going rate is around fifteen hundred dollars.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • When the cabin was first listed on Airbnb, the going rate was $60 a night.
    — Celia Fernandez raffi Paul, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Here’s a look at the going rate for high school recruits in the most recent recruiting cycle.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Given the going rate for pitchers this week, the Dodgers appear to have done well for themselves.
    — Fabian Ardaya, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
  • The going rate ranges from free-$284 depending on the type of visit.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 11 Jan. 2024
  • That’s the approximate going rate for young franchise stars.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That's the going rate for starting pitching in today's game whether the Blue Jays like it or not.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Three days a week in the office seems to be the going rate in Silicon Valley.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The going rate for day-of tickets for Thursday’s game was around $85 for upper bowl seats.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
  • That’s the going rate for a microdrama today.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • For five-star prospects, the going rate was more like $750,000 to $1 million.
    — Matt Baker, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That he is getting paid twice the position’s going rate is something the Bruins have no choice but to eat.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The buying boom early in the pandemic is one answer for why so many people aren’t paying the going rate.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 13 July 2024
  • However, high-teens/low-twenties is about the going rate for a starting-caliber player.
    — Mat Issa, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Given the going rate for back-end starters in free agency, a Senga trade should be able to bring something of value back.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Focus Features film cost $13 million, well above the going rate for a novice.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Some will bristle at the money sum, but this is the going rate for a franchise lead guard in the NBA.
    — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2023
  • The contract is steep, but that’s the going rate for star players, and Dorofeyev is an excellent one to build around.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • These are short-term loans with interest rates that are usually one or more percentage points higher than the going rate for mortgages.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Texas’ college-going rate is lower than the national average.
    — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The going rate for the contracts can range from just a few thousand dollars to several times that, a Europol spokesperson said.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • At the going rate of $15 or $20 an hour, five to 10 half-day jobs each week can quickly become decent cash flow.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • If $9 a foot is the going rate for a ground lease, then the comparably sized 40 Wall would not be worth much on the open market.
    — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
  • According to Furey, Ariana and Katie paid her triple her going rate for her designs.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023
  • The going rate to acquire small point guards, such as Rozier, subsequently became much lower.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025

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