sixfold
adjective
six·fold
ˈsiks-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having six units or members
2
: being six times as great or as many
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Nvidia’s sales are up more than sixfold since its business was transformed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
From 2000 to the mid-2020s, gold investments multiplied ninefold, outpacing the S&P 500’s sixfold increase.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ecuador, once among the region’s most peaceful countries, saw its homicide rate soar from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2019, to 45.1 in 2023 – more than a sixfold increase, driven partly by expanding drug trafficking routes.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
NextEra is projecting a sixfold increase in power demand over the next 20 years compared with the previous 20 years, Ketchum said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
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Kif Leswing, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025
From 2000 to the mid-2020s, gold investments multiplied ninefold, outpacing the S&P 500’s sixfold increase.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ecuador, once among the region’s most peaceful countries, saw its homicide rate soar from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2019, to 45.1 in 2023 – more than a sixfold increase, driven partly by expanding drug trafficking routes.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
NextEra is projecting a sixfold increase in power demand over the next 20 years compared with the previous 20 years, Ketchum said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Sixfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixfold. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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