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sevenfold

adjective

sev·​en·​fold ˈse-vən-ˌfōld How to pronounce sevenfold (audio)
ˈse-bᵊm-
1
: having seven units or members
2
: being seven times as great or as many
sevenfold adverb

Examples of sevenfold in a Sentence

There has been a sevenfold increase in membership in the past year.
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In the past two years, job postings show a sevenfold increase in demand for AI fluency—the ability to use and manage AI. Anu Madgavkar, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025 According to the information warfare research group OpenMinds, the number of advertisements promoting contract military service that specifically target foreigners has risen more than sevenfold since this summer. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 25 Nov. 2025 The number of large enterprise customers, each producing more than $100,000 in annual revenue, has jumped nearly sevenfold in just a year. Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025 Americans’ wealth is the result in part of a soaring stock market (up more than sevenfold from the bottom in 2009) and increasing real estate values (up 125% since 2009). Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sevenfold

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of sevenfold was before the 12th century

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“Sevenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sevenfold. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

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