Rate
Rate noun - Degree of excellence.
Usual
Usual adjective - Accepted, used, or practiced by most people.
Both words in one sentence
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Gorgon didn't have the numbers of a usual hive fleet, instead having an extremely fast rate of new adaptations.
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Both the rate of fire and rate of travel might be low compared to the usual standbys of the Vulcan cannon or Laser cannon, but it basically annihilates most non-boss enemies in a single shot.
Source: Videogame Flamethrowers Suck -
Also River to the Eleventh Doctor in "The Wedding of River Song." Although "By so many, and so much, and by no-one more than me." seemed to have a slightly better success rate than the usual.
Source: Anguished Declaration of Love
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