as in double
to two times the amount or degree having been turned down before, he is twice shy about making any more marriage proposals

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Recent Examples of twice His work has won the Whitbread and Commonwealth Prizes, an O. Henry Award and twice been longlisted for the MAN Booker Prize. Awakeners july 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025 Councilmembers Jonathan Bingle and Michael Cathcart, representing the conservative minority and downtown, proposed replicating Prop 1, but the progressive majority rejected the idea – twice. Tim Clouser, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025 The company has now launched 74 passengers, including Bezos' wife Lauren Sánchez, and four who have flown twice. William Harwood, CBS News, 29 June 2025 On the morning of March 7, Combs calls Ventura twice. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for twice
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  • Teel had a go-ahead two-run double in the seventh inning of that contest.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
  • Randy Vásquez allowed just Marcus Semien’s two-run double in the second inning over six quality innings.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025

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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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