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

Quarter Last in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: quarter
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.6 words

Words in this phrase

quarter last

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • quarter can mean: A fourth part of something. Common word
  • last can mean: Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 0 start, 7 middle, 13 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

the same quarter last year 11× an outstanding quarter last year 1× example third quarter last year our 1× in third quarter last year just 1× the first quarter last year it 1× the fourth quarter last year we 1× the same quarter last year and 1× the same quarter last year due 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

abbott laboratories s 1× axos financial s 1× brown brown s 1× caterpillar s revenue 1× celsius s revenue 1× core main s 1×

Common sentence endings:

quarter last year 13× 18 basis points 1× growth went up 1× of last year 1× preferred 650 million 1× the fourth quarter 1×

Context words

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

year 24× same 14× compared 13× revenue 11× down 6× third 3× nok 3× first 2× fourth 2× example 2× brown 2× billion 2×

Related phrases

quarter valued last traded third quarter last year fourth quarter quarter holdings last season last week last night last name

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around quarter:

third quarter 20× fourth quarter 20× previous quarter 13× same quarter 13×

Just before it in the phrase index:

quarter holdings quantum theory quantum mechanics quantum mechanical quantum gravity quantum field

Just after it in the phrase index:

quarter patriots quarter resulted quarter valued quarter worth quarterback joe quarterback josh

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

quarter valued quarter holdings quarter worth quarter patriots quarter resulted

Same ending:

shares last occurred last playoffs last favour last moreover last versus last

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "quarter last" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 21.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as the same quarter last year, an outstanding quarter last year, year, same and compared stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with quarter valued, last traded, third quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter and previous quarter, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with quarter last

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

Short example sentences

Quarter-on-quarter, GDP contracted only in the third quarter last year, by 1.3%. (15 words)

Caterpillar’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year. (17 words)

Celsius’s revenue for the quarter was up 94.9% compared to the same quarter last year. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Overall, this provides a net income from continuing operations of around NOK 1.1 billion, down from NOK 6.4 billion in the same quarter last year and up from NOK 158 million in the fourth quarter. (37 words)

Further, some of our business was down compared to the same quarter last year due to heavy promotions last year and a big program at Costco that launched in 2Q of last year. (33 words)

As you can see, even this year, first quarter, we did it a Tier 2. And then last quarter, so the fourth quarter last year, we did a senior preferred 650 million. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

As you can see, even this year, first quarter, we did it a Tier 2. And then last quarter, so the fourth quarter last year, we did a senior preferred 650 million.

Quarter-on-quarter, GDP contracted only in the third quarter last year, by 1.3%.

Because we can have, for example, in third quarter last year, just to give you an example, third quarter last year, our headcount growth went up.

Further, some of our business was down compared to the same quarter last year due to heavy promotions last year and a big program at Costco that launched in 2Q of last year.

Abbott Laboratories’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

And really, if you look back to the first quarter last year, it was a very strong quarter.

Axos Financial’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.7% compared to the same quarter last year.

Brown & Brown’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

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Caterpillar’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Celsius’s revenue for the quarter was up 94.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Core & Main’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

EQT’s revenue for the quarter was down 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Fate Therapeutics’s revenue for the quarter was up 159.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

General and administrative expenses for the second quarter of 2023 were $1.8 million, compared to $1.8 million for the second quarter last year.

It was 3.57% down from 3.59% in linked quarter, but up from the same quarter last year of 18 basis points.

Kimberly-Clark’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Maximus’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year.

Overall, this provides a net income from continuing operations of around NOK 1.1 billion, down from NOK 6.4 billion in the same quarter last year and up from NOK 158 million in the fourth quarter.

Park Hotels & Resorts’s revenue for the quarter was up 35.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Particularly considering management raised long-term guidance (more below), I am inclined to view this as a one-quarter disappointment from what was an outstanding quarter last year.

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