Thesaurus results for TWICE

twice

adverb

ˈtwīs

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 The teen, who was crossing the street at the time, was run over twice by the truck, causing catastrophic injuries that left him paralyzed from the waist down, local ABC affiliate WKBW reported. —

Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026 But each side scored twice, and both knew a draw would be enough to advance from Group J to the knockout round. —

Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2026 He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. —

Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 In recent days, Iran has twice attacked vessels going through a route on the Omani side in an evacuation effort backed by a United Nations agency. —

Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for twice

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double

Adverb

The Giants used three infield hits and two errors to score a pair of runs against Sale in the sixth inning, then Matt Chapman’s double set up Luis Arraez’s sacrifice fly in the seventh.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Miami scored their first run in the fifth when Owen Caissie hit a leadoff double and scored on Graham Pauley’s ground-rule double to right.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026