1
: having two parts or aspects
2
: being twice as great or as many
Examples of twofold in a Sentence
a twofold increase in spending
The aims of the study are twofold.
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First, in September 2024, following Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the Kursk region with a more than twofold increase in enlistment bonuses.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
But candy-industry insiders know that the pressures for companies are twofold.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
And this is where Mary and her family played a critical role that has gone missing from the New Testament Gospels—namely, the revolutionary political implications of this twofold royal lineage.
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What’s disturbing to me on a gut level is twofold.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
But candy-industry insiders know that the pressures for companies are twofold.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
And this is where Mary and her family played a critical role that has gone missing from the New Testament Gospels—namely, the revolutionary political implications of this twofold royal lineage.
—Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
What’s disturbing to me on a gut level is twofold.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twofold
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“Twofold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twofold. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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