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sixfold

adjective

1
: having six units or members
2
: being six times as great or as many
sixfold adverb

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Since October 1, the FAA has recorded 607 staffing issues, a sixfold increase over the same period last year. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025 In addition to raising the VAT to 22 percent, authorities plan a sixfold reduction of the revenue threshold at which businesses must begin paying the VAT, thereby expanding the taxpayer base by a large margin. Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2025 Its 18-49 rating went from 0.29 to 1.9 — a sixfold increase and equivalent to about 2.59 million viewers ages 18 to 49. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025 The stock is up more than sixfold since bottoming out at 51 cents in June, a price that put the company at risk of being delisted from the Nasdaq. Ari Levy, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sixfold

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sixfold was before the 12th century

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“Sixfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixfold. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

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