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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a rate of only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that a particular rate is low or minimal in comparison to expectations or standards.
Example: "The project was completed at a rate of only 50 units per hour, which was below our target."
Alternatives: "a mere rate of" or "a rate as low as".
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They said it was more likely that the melting would accelerate at a rate of only about 3percentt a year.
Today, the top earners pay a rate of only 35%.
Disposable personal income, adjusted for inflation, rose at a rate of only 1.7 percent.
In contrast, Argentina, which topped the league at 26% in 2002, now has a rate of only 2.7%.
His stake, thought to be worth nearly $2.8 billion, will be reimbursed at a rate of only $1.9 billion.
It does not have the money to build many new Topel-M long-range missiles, which it is currently producing at a rate of only 10 a year.
Consumer spending in the second quarter increased at a rate of only 3percentt, or less than half the 7.6percentt growth rate registered for the first quarter.
The government reported that the economy's growth had slowed considerably in the second quarter, increasing at a rate of only 1.3 percent.
Today, America's rate of consumer-price inflation is only 1.5%, and its GDP deflator is rising at a rate of only 1%.
The economy grew at a rate of only 1.4 percent in the first half of 2013, held back by tighter fiscal policy.
Airliners are big-ticket items, sold to hard-nosed businesses at a rate of only a 1,000 a year, even in boom times like today.
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