There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.
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August 2020 Following a big dip in the early days of the Covid pandemic, Tesla’s stock began an historic rally, leading to an eightfold increase in the stock in 2020, by far its best year on record.—Ari Levy,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 June 2025 Ukraine has ramped up its domestic defense production, achieving an eightfold year-over-year increase in cruise missile manufacturing in 2024, according to Herman Smetanin, Minister of Strategic Industries.—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Over the past 15 years, infrastructure investing has seen an eightfold increase in the institutional world, with capital invested surging from $150 billion to $1.3 trillion.—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Private health care facilities, in particular, grew eightfold.—Claire Fu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eightfold
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of eightfold was
before the 12th century
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