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Example sentences for: billion

How can you use “billion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The fact that the universe abruptly exploded into existence out of apparent nothingness some 15 billion years ago, they submit, means it must have had a supernatural creator.
The paper rejected a government claim that the drought's cost to agriculture is around 2 billion rubles, saying that the drought has hit 35 regions and has caused a loss in the Volgograd region alone of around 1.2 billion rubles.
The company's now worth $11 billion, despite having only $32 million in sales.
4 billion, which will be split among the 11 firms that represented Florida, is the largest fee ever in U.S. history.
Although the two branches were still squabbling over the details at week's end, they agreed to establish a $24 billion program financed by a 15 cent hike in the tobacco tax.