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as in double
being twice as great or as many
my reasons for buying the condo are twofold: first, it will serve as my vacation home, and second, it should turn out to be a good investment
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as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined
the mission of the campaign is twofold: to reduce underage drinking and to reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents
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Recent Examples of twofold
Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The goals are twofold: Showcase your particular methodology or point of view while helping others succeed.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Nina’s challenge is twofold: to get Jim to trust her enough to provide usable intel on Ezra, and to gain the respect of her FBI colleagues, most of whom treat her like an aberration or an inconvenience.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2025
The Kennedy effect The MAHA food boxes would provide a twofold benefit, the USDA said in an email to CBS MoneyWatch.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 May 2025
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Adjective
For Trump, the risk is twofold: the collapse of diplomatic efforts to curb Iran's nuclear capabilities and the outbreak of a wider regional conflict triggered by an Israeli operation.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The goals are twofold: Showcase your particular methodology or point of view while helping others succeed.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Nina’s challenge is twofold: to get Jim to trust her enough to provide usable intel on Ezra, and to gain the respect of her FBI colleagues, most of whom treat her like an aberration or an inconvenience.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 May 2025
The Kennedy effect The MAHA food boxes would provide a twofold benefit, the USDA said in an email to CBS MoneyWatch.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twofold
Adjective
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After a crew chief review, it was ruled a double, giving the Mets a 7-4 lead.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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Scheffler managed to make birdie, but the damage to his round had already been done with a triple-bogey 7 on the first hole, another bogey on No. 4 and a double on No. 8.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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Photo : Open Homes Photography A wooden soaking tub sits between dual sinks in the en suite.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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Ali didn’t give a timeline, but said a dual listing would help access capital and benefit from the higher valuations for tech companies in the US.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
20 June 2025
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Guardians starter Luis Ortiz, who had thrown 4 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball to that point, had already gotten Butler down 0-2 twice, and struck him out twice.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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He was twice arrested in Northern Colorado for driving under the influence, first in 1999 and again in 2016.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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But machines only speak the language of binary, strings of 1s and 0s that control electrical impulses in the computer’s hardware.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
6 June 2025
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The Hybrid Intelligence Imperative Forward-thinking organizations are abandoning the binary choice between human-only and AI-only approaches.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Written and directed by Coogler, Sinners stars the filmmaker’s Black Panther and Creed collaborator Jordan as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, who return home to Mississippi in 1932 after serving in World War I and working for the mob in Chicago.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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As viewers sip wine and share warm bowls of chili, they’re transported straight back to the early 2000s, when sleepaway camps, secret handshakes, and secret twin swaps were the height of summer fantasy.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 June 2025
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“Twofold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twofold. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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