as in each
for each one when you figure that they usually sell for six dollars apiece, you're getting quite a bargain

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Recent Examples of apiece The top of the 2024 replica ring doesn’t detach, but championship pendants can be purchased separately for $249 apiece. Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2025 That's quite a bit more than two slices of cheese or pepperoni pizza, which famously cost just $1.99 apiece. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025 Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, SZA, Morgan Wallen and Sabrina Carpenter also landed six nominations apiece, while Hozier, Benson Boone and Zach Bryan received five each. Matt Minton, Variety, 26 May 2025 And neither character feels as fully developed in that time as Joel’s dad and Gene did within the space of a few minutes apiece in the last episode. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for apiece
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  • As of Wednesday’s close, the Dow and Nasdaq were each less than 1% off their all-time highs.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The longtime friends are each dry witted, yet oddly warm in the face of painful events.
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
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  • Senior libero/setter Cassidy Donalson represented Spring Woods on the watch list after averaging a team-high 4.3 digs per set as a junior.
    Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 1 July 2019
  • That’s helped bring per-pound retail prices for beef patties down 16% from their September 2015 high of $5.12 to about $4.31 in June, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
    Jacob Bunge, WSJ, 30 June 2018

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“Apiece.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apiece. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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