tenfold

adjective

ten·fold | \ ˈten-ˌfōld

, -ˈfōld\

Definition of tenfold

1 : being 10 times as great or as many

2 : having 10 units or members

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a tenfold increase in sales

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In 2014 the rover measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it. — Fox News, "Massive Mars discovery: Organic molecules 'fundamental to our search for life' found by NASA rover," 2 Oct. 2018 Detaining immigrant children has become a surging industry in the United States that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade, according to an Associated Press analysis. — Elliot Spagat, BostonGlobe.com, "Judge weighs tighter oversight of plan to reunite families," 13 July 2018 In 2014, the rover measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it. — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, "NASA's Curiosity rover takes stunning selfie during massive dust storm on Mars," 19 June 2018 Reagan ordered a tenfold increase in tariffs on heavyweight motorcycles, almost all of which were then imported from Japan. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Reagan used tariffs, not tweets, to protect Harley-Davidson from foreign competition," 28 June 2018 While separate figures aren’t available for border-adjacent lands specifically, Kim estimated there had been a five- to tenfold increase in transactions involving those areas since March. — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, "An unexpected consequence of the thaw between the two Koreas: a budding real estate boom along the DMZ," 20 June 2018 He's seen a tenfold decrease in the fish's population. — CBS News, "Colorado biologists breed rainbow trout to save disease-ravaged population," 19 June 2018 Estimates from the Association of Religion Data Archives estimate there were nearly 28,000 Muslims in Central Florida in 2010, a tenfold increase from a decade before. — Kyle Arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Welcome to Apoultry, Winter Park's free-range chicken farm and slaughterhouse," 17 May 2018 Some 20,000 asylum-seekers walked over the border from the United States last year, a nearly tenfold rise from 2016. — The Economist, "Canada qualifies its welcome to asylum-seekers," 12 May 2018

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