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Examples of apiece in a Sentence
His shoes weigh four pounds apiece.
when you figure that they usually sell for six dollars apiece, you're getting quite a bargain
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Eight of the private groups got up to $1.5 million apiece to keep working on their ideas for the next 90 days.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
And be sure to snag the four-piece set while it’s marked down to less than $19 apiece.
—Gabriella Maestri, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Lavonte returned to the Bucs for his 13th season on a one-year contract that includes bonuses worth $250,000 apiece for appearances in the NFC wild card game, the division round, the conference title game and the Super Bowl.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Carlsen won the first two games, before Nepomniachtchi levelled at two apiece.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of apiece was
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“Apiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/apiece. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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apiece
adverb
: for each one
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