Below you will find example sentences with "prior year". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Prior Year in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: prior
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 34
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27 words

Words in this phrase

prior year

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • prior can mean: Coming before in order or time; earlier, former, previous. Frequent word
  • year can mean: A period of time akin to the time taken for the Earth to undergo a full cycle of seasons. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

in the prior year 3× 2 over prior year 1× 29 a prior year 1× compared to prior year period and 1× difference between prior year sales valued 1× higher than prior year and almost 1× in the prior year period 1× in the prior year period partly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

accordingly for 2023 1× adjusted earnings of 1× ambulance group net 1× americans continue to 1× as a reminder 1× china the world 1×

Common sentence endings:

the prior year 5× a prior year 1× a year ago 1× and prior year 1× corp and oppo 1× foreign exchange rates 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

sales 9× quarter 8× net 6× compared 6× revenue 6× current 5× lower 5× due 4× versus 4× increased 4× revenues 4× exchange 3×

Related phrases

fiscal year next year year eve last year year ago academic year previous year freshman year past year year award

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around prior:

days prior 11× months prior 7× years prior 7× hours prior 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

print media print edition principal secretary principal ideal princess margaret princess eugenie

Just after it in the phrase index:

priority task prison guards prison sentence prison system privacy commissioner privacy law

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

fiscal year next year last year academic year previous year freshman year

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "prior year" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the prior year, 2 over prior year, sales, quarter and net stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fiscal year, next year, year eve, days prior, months prior and years prior, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with prior year

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

In fiscal year 2023, global sales of WD-40 Multi-Use Product grew 2% over prior year. (17 words)

Adjusted earnings of for the year ended were 41% lower than the prior year due to lower net earnings. (19 words)

Net investment income was in the quarter, down from in the prior quarter and up from in the prior year. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Americans continue to spend abroad, mostly in Europe, though to a lesser extent than in the prior year period, partly due to the weakening of the US dollar euro exchange rate, which was at parity a year ago. (38 words)

Lowell brand revenues were 83% of CPG revenues in the current quarter, compared to 82% last quarter and represented 69% of CPG revenues in the current year, compared to 52% of CPG revenues in the prior year. (37 words)

Insurance net income was $24 million compared with $89 million in the prior year, primarily due to lower reinsurance results and unfavourable market movements in the current year relative to favourable movements in the prior year. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Represents the difference between prior year sales valued at the actual prior year foreign exchange rates and prior year sales valued at current year foreign exchange rates.

Insurance net income was $24 million compared with $89 million in the prior year, primarily due to lower reinsurance results and unfavourable market movements in the current year relative to favourable movements in the prior year.

The increase in general and administrative expense percentage over the prior year is primarily due to lower revenue as our general and administrative dollars were consistent with the prior year.

Medical cannabis revenue grew 25% in the prior quarter to $39.5 million but decreased 14% when compared to the prior year’s quarter.

Net investment income was in the quarter, down from in the prior quarter and up from in the prior year.

As a reminder, Q2 2022 is the toughest year-over-year marketplace revenue comparison with 56% growth in the prior year period.

Accordingly, for 2023, we now expect revenue for the full year to be flat to down low single-digits versus the prior year.

Adjusted earnings of for the year ended were 41% lower than the prior year due to lower net earnings.

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Ambulance group net sales increased 46% and unit shipments increased 33% versus the prior year remaining at a level near the third quarter three-year high.

Americans continue to spend abroad, mostly in Europe, though to a lesser extent than in the prior year period, partly due to the weakening of the US dollar euro exchange rate, which was at parity a year ago.

China, the world’s biggest handset market, marked double-digit declines on the prior year’s sales at several points in the year, hurting domestic device makers like Xiaomi Corp. and Oppo.

Despite this modest decline, year-end order backlog of flat to more than $1 billion was nearly 26% higher than prior year and almost 11% higher than at the end of the third quarter.

In fiscal year 2023, global sales of WD-40 Multi-Use Product grew 2% over prior year.

Lowell brand revenues were 83% of CPG revenues in the current quarter, compared to 82% last quarter and represented 69% of CPG revenues in the current year, compared to 52% of CPG revenues in the prior year.

Net income per share attributable to REX shareholders was $0.30 for this year versus $0.29 a prior year.

PSR/LTR global sales performance was 1% of the prior year sales increased therefore, on the other hand, truck and bus tires global sales was 99% slightly lower than one year earlier.

Revenue for our same-store Atlanta portfolio increased 15% year-to-date compared to prior year period and NOI grew 24%.

Revenue in Q2 declined $8.5 million or 3% versus the prior year as normalized for last year's Kansas divestiture.

So as we look back historically, we had done some allocation of those losses and estimation of those losses between current year and prior year.

The Company achieved increases in net sales in its specialty markets in fiscal year 2023, compared to the prior year, but the increases were partially offset by decreases in its enterprise and wireless carrier markets.

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