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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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Each letter represents a tenfold increase in energy output, and there is a scale of 1 to 9 in each class, except for X-class.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 11 Nov. 2025
Now, as discussions around the success of the treatment have grown on social media, there has been nearly a tenfold increase in prescriptions.
—Ian Thomas, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
The summoning of evil is tenfold here.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Tenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenfold. Accessed 1 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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