sevenfold
adjective
sev·en·fold
ˈse-vən-ˌfōld 
ˈse-bᵊm-
1
: having seven units or members
2
: being seven times as great or as many
sevenfold
adverb
Examples of sevenfold in a Sentence
There has been a sevenfold increase in membership in the past year.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sales of zero-emission vehicles in Oregon are surging dramatically, up sevenfold since 2015.
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oregonlive, 4 June 2023
Nursing homes reported a near-record of about 32,000 COVID-19 cases among residents in the week ending Jan. 9, an almost sevenfold increase from a month earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2022
In Japan alone, the population of supercentenarians grew to 146 from 22 between 2005 and 2015, a nearly sevenfold increase.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2021
The ruling marks the latest development in the Biden administration’s attempt to adopt a more than sevenfold increase in a metric called the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm caused by greenhouse-gas emissions.
—Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
At issue is the Biden administration’s attempt to adopt a sevenfold increase in a metric called the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
—Katy Stech Ferek and Timothy Puko, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022
oregonlive, 4 June 2023
Nursing homes reported a near-record of about 32,000 COVID-19 cases among residents in the week ending Jan. 9, an almost sevenfold increase from a month earlier, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2022
In Japan alone, the population of supercentenarians grew to 146 from 22 between 2005 and 2015, a nearly sevenfold increase.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2021
The ruling marks the latest development in the Biden administration’s attempt to adopt a more than sevenfold increase in a metric called the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm caused by greenhouse-gas emissions.
—Katy Stech Ferek, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
At issue is the Biden administration’s attempt to adopt a sevenfold increase in a metric called the social cost of carbon, which assigns a dollar value to the harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
—Katy Stech Ferek and Timothy Puko, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022
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“Sevenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sevenfold. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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