tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: being 10 times as great or as many
2
: having 10 units or members
Examples of tenfold in a Sentence
a tenfold increase in sales
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Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The mayor’s 2026 budget plan, unveiled last week, also includes higher taxes on big tech companies, a new tax on large social media companies like Meta, YouTube, and TikTok, a tenfold increase in the vacant buildings fee, a new hemp tax, and a new online sports wagering tax.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Walmart Marketplace reported a 200% jump in trading card sales from February 2024 to June 2025, with Pokémon sales up more than tenfold year-over-year during the same period, the company first told Axios.
—Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
The hungry invading mussels caused a nearly tenfold reduction of phytoplankton, the primary food of many species of the Hudson River ecosystem.
—Christine Keiner, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Tenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenfold. Accessed 24 Oct. 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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