tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
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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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025
The fatalities happened amid a tenfold increase in Aurora police chases this year.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
That has been accompanied by a nearly tenfold increase in fraudsters using AI.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025
By working with chip manufacturers directly to carve channels into the silicon itself, Corintis believes tenfold gains in cooling can eventually be realized.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Tenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenfold. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having 10 units or members
2
: being 10 times as much or as many
tenfold
adverb
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