1
: on two occasions
twice absent
2
: two times : in doubled quantity or degree
twice two is four
twice as much
Examples of twice in a Sentence
I only wore it twice.
He has rehearsals twice a month.
He twice lost to younger opponents.
We visited them twice in 10 years.
The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
I've been there at least twice.
He must be twice her age.
The population is twice that of Canada.
The new one costs about twice as much.
He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
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Plus odds for a player with Lewandowski’s prowess to score just twice in potentially three matches would be a no-brainer.
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Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For instance, men are nearly twice as likely as women to report using tools like ChatGPT more than once a week, while women are far more likely to report not using such tools at all, according to the latest survey of Consumer Expectations by Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
—Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
People of color were disproportionately affected by air pollution, being more than twice as likely than white individuals to live in heavily polluted communities.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, people of color are about twice as likely to live somewhere with high soot and ozone pollution as white Americans.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
For instance, men are nearly twice as likely as women to report using tools like ChatGPT more than once a week, while women are far more likely to report not using such tools at all, according to the latest survey of Consumer Expectations by Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
—Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
People of color were disproportionately affected by air pollution, being more than twice as likely than white individuals to live in heavily polluted communities.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Nationwide, people of color are about twice as likely to live somewhere with high soot and ozone pollution as white Americans.
—Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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