as in a shot
for each one
we expect the students to receive less funding per capita this year due to a marked increase in the school-age population
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Although other, more popular parks like the Grand Canyon have far more overall fatalities (164 reported since 2014), Big Bend had more deaths per capita than any other national park canyon.
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 9 Sep. 2025
The 45 metrics included senior centers per capita, walkability scores, ratios of the health care workers to residents and cost of in-home services.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Gaza has the highest number of children amputees per capita of the entire world.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Not to be overlooked, Orlando also ranks 19th for number of gerontologists and sixth-highest for home health care facilities per capita.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 9 Sep. 2025
The 45 metrics included senior centers per capita, walkability scores, ratios of the health care workers to residents and cost of in-home services.
—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Gaza has the highest number of children amputees per capita of the entire world.
—Michael Jerome Plunkett
september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Not to be overlooked, Orlando also ranks 19th for number of gerontologists and sixth-highest for home health care facilities per capita.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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California would drop two seats and Illinois and New York would each lose one.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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The House and Senate each passed the BBB by razor thin margins with most votes on party lines.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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“Per capita.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20capita. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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