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- initialism words per minute
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Examples
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Although that's precisely the reason why I can time 100+ WPM, which is partly how I make my living, so...thanks, D'Nealian!
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Kheswa's membership of the WPM was a major breakthrough in identifying the third force and ending the internecine violence threatening the democratic process in South Africa.
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The 83 WPM, which is the fastest I've seen on an iPhone, is still markedly shy of hardware QWERTY keyboard
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Avg WPM words per minute 25 - low due to heavy video content.
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Using iReadFast you can adjust the WPM (Words Per Minute) speed that the app displays the text back to you.
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GNU Typist tells me I get 80-90 WPM (on a few different tests) - although I very rarely ever do the sort of typing that one would for such a test (copying a business letter is not much like coding or command line use).
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According to Nuance Communication, Inc., which represents the company, Dragon is up to 99% accurate and can work at speeds of up to 160 words per minute (most people speak about 120 WPM).
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About a year ago, my average speed was 80 to 87 WPM.
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I can get up to maybe 30–60 WPM, but not much faster.
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In the face of declining ratings for their political coverage, I think the MSM is dying for this race to be anything but another WPM vs. WPM (WPM = White Protestant Male).
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