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adjective eight·fold \ ˈāt-ˌfōld , -ˈfōld \

Definition of eightfold

1 :having eight units or members

2 :being eight times as great or as many

an eightfold increase

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There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.

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Nearly 800,000 vinyl records were sold in Japan last year, Nikkei reported, an eightfold increase from 2010.

— tom brant, Fox News, "Sony is restarting production of vinyl records," 30 June 2017
But Secor’s data showed that sidewinders could increase their metabolism by almost eightfold — a bigger jump than anyone had seen in any species.

— daniel engber, New York Times, "When the Lab Rat Is a Snake," 17 May 2017
That comes after numerous Republicans across the ideological spectrum raised concerns about a Congressional Budget Office analysis that estimated about an eightfold increase in premiums for a 64-year-old making about $25,000 a year.

— the washington post, The Denver Post, "Trump backs changes to GOP health bill as House leaders eye vote next week," 18 Mar. 2017
That comes after numerous Republicans across the ideological spectrum raised concerns about a Congressional Budget Office analysis that estimated about an eightfold increase in premiums for a 64-year-old making about $25,000 a year.

— the washington post, The Denver Post, "Trump backs changes to GOP health bill as House leaders eye vote next week," 18 Mar. 2017
That comes after numerous Republicans across the ideological spectrum raised concerns about a Congressional Budget Office analysis that estimated about an eightfold increase in premiums for a 64-year-old making about $25,000 a year.

— the washington post, The Denver Post, "Trump backs changes to GOP health bill as House leaders eye vote next week," 18 Mar. 2017
That comes after numerous Republicans across the ideological spectrum raised concerns about a Congressional Budget Office analysis that estimated about an eightfold increase in premiums for a 64-year-old making about $25,000 a year.

— the washington post, Twin Cities, "Trump backs changes to GOP health bill as House leaders eye vote next week," 17 Mar. 2017

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