How to Use per annum in a Sentence

per annum

adverb
  • Obama failed to achieve 3 percent growth per annum over his eight years.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The high per annum pay counts against the team’s salary cap if the team decides to keep the player at the contract rate.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 18 Oct. 2017
  • On a per annum basis, domestic rights growth has been pretty flat.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Ukraine should repay the loan in 30 years with an interest rate of 1% per annum.
    — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 16 May 2022
  • Interest payments on all that debt are close to $475 billion per annum.
    — Jacob Wolinsky, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • Someone in their 80s spends six times more per annum, on average, than someone in their early teens.
    — James Breiding, Scientific American, 16 June 2021
  • In the decade following, sales grew an average of 25 percent per annum.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Gross domestic product growth of 3 to 4 percent per annum is achievable.
    — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • That team is covering $5 million per annum on the Arenado deal.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And after 10 years, a teacher can haul in over $100,000 per annum.
    — Larry Sand, Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • If the venture industry as a whole invests $250 billion-ish per annum.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Then there's the money sluicing in -- projected in short order to be $50 billion per annum.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Each subscriber, paying his deposit, would be entitled to £100 per annum per share.
    — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Only twelve delicious sizzling juicy sausages per annum for Greta and Fritz.
    — David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
  • Young’s average salary on the deal is $53 million per annum, paying him max money through his age 31 season.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Starting this year, Dirt Books will publish at least two titles per annum, with a focus on strong voices and unique perspectives.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In Australia would generate around $60m per annum to contribute to the running of the system.
    — David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The production of prime plastics (virgin plastics produced from petrochemicals) has seen a growth of 3% per annum over the last few years.
    — Surendra Patawari, Fortune, 13 June 2020
  • Ensure that passbook holders earn no interest at the very time prices skyrocket to the highest per annum level in 40 years.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, Arkansas Online, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The new furnace will produce 125 tons per annum, and the scaling strategy will be just to add furnaces in parallel.
    — Willy Shih, Forbes, 10 July 2022
  • There is evidence that Fanny Price’s mother has an income of about £400 per annum.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The crux of this view is that core inflation has not exceeded 3% per annum in the past three decades and most of the recent rise reflects base effects from a year ago when prices were depressed.
    — Nick Sargen, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • It is expected that CR7 will earn an extraordinary €30m per annum at the club.
    — SI.com, 10 July 2018
  • For any funds already in an escrow account, interest at 2% simple per annum will begin accruing on the bill’s effective date.
    — Dawn Giel,contessa Brewer, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Heineken, at that stage, still had two years to run on its most recent three-year deal, which is worth €120million (£105m, $139m) per annum.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In Santa Ana, cannabis generates some $10 million for youth services and public safety programs per annum.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Now, Trout and Rendon are both signed to extremely long-term deals guaranteeing each in the range of $35M per annum, so their loss is a big deal.
    — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • James Austen, Jane Austen’s eldest brother, and his first wife, Anne Mathew, had married on £300 per annum.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Only two running backs – Saquon Barkley and Christian McCaffrey – make more than that per annum now, which should tell you to try out for another position.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 21, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Having announced his engagement to Isabella Thorpe, James Morland is promised a living worth four hundred pounds per annum—plus the same again on his father’s death.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025

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