as in increase
the act or process of becoming greater in number
there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of obsolete video equipment as new technologies come on the market
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Recent Examples of multiplication
The same keyspace multiplication factor applies to the introduction of mixed character classes.
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The company's data center GPUs excel at performing billions of matrix multiplications necessary to train and run neural networks due to their parallel architecture—hardware architectures that originated as video game graphics accelerators now power the generative AI boom.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Spyware has seen 147% increase, with February and March taking the biggest brunt as a 4 times multiplication of the baseline was observed.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
From this view, prime numbers are the basic building blocks for constructing any positive whole number using multiplication – akin to atoms combining to make molecules in chemistry.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
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Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The company's data center GPUs excel at performing billions of matrix multiplications necessary to train and run neural networks due to their parallel architecture—hardware architectures that originated as video game graphics accelerators now power the generative AI boom.
—ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025
Spyware has seen 147% increase, with February and March taking the biggest brunt as a 4 times multiplication of the baseline was observed.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
From this view, prime numbers are the basic building blocks for constructing any positive whole number using multiplication – akin to atoms combining to make molecules in chemistry.
—Jeremiah Bartz, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for multiplication
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiplication
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That's more than any other year since 2013 and would be a 56% increase over the 25 executions conducted last year.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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That’s a fivefold increase, fueled by ticket sales across the two biggest stadiums at the U.S. Open, Arthur Ashe and Louis Armstrong, enhanced sponsorship interest and the other revenues that come from bringing top stars to play on ESPN.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Health inspectors found old food and grease accumulation on the fan cover above the two-door freezer, on the floor beneath the back storage racks and on the wall behind the second cook line.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The best storm thus far in the northern metro dropped one quarter inch of rain, so some accumulations up to this amount are possible with any stronger storms that develop.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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In addition to Labubus, the trading cards collectible category is surging, according the StockX. Sales of Pokemon cards are up 367% in the first half of the year and sales of Topps cards are up 208%.—
Joan Verdon,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Both are series regulars, in addition to Taylor Ortega (The Four Seasons), who will play Morgan.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Multiplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiplication. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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