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to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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Recent Examples of doubled
Marilyn’s closest friends usually doubled as employees.
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Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
How hospital facility dog programs work Although no one tracks the number of facility dogs in children’s hospitals, Rodriguez points to the continual growth of the annual Facility Dog Summit, where handlers and other participants network and where attendance nearly doubled from 2024 to 2025.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The organizers oppose Miami Beach’s investment in Israel Bonds, which the city had doubled to $20 million the previous year.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Software bookings more than doubled quarter over quarter in the 2026 period as more Stord customers onboard the firm’s Consumer Experience suite of solutions.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Manchester United shares languished at $13 and below its 2012 IPO price but more than doubled on hopes of a sale when the Glazers hired Raine Group to explore their options in late 2022.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
The agentic era has removed the complexity of coding, but it's also doubled the premium on human judgment.
—Shammy Narayanan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The deal effectively doubled the average annual price ESPN had been paying for UFC rights and eliminated the pay-per-view model from UFC fights.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol more than tripled.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
How hospital facility dog programs work Although no one tracks the number of facility dogs in children’s hospitals, Rodriguez points to the continual growth of the annual Facility Dog Summit, where handlers and other participants network and where attendance nearly doubled from 2024 to 2025.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
The organizers oppose Miami Beach’s investment in Israel Bonds, which the city had doubled to $20 million the previous year.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Software bookings more than doubled quarter over quarter in the 2026 period as more Stord customers onboard the firm’s Consumer Experience suite of solutions.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Manchester United shares languished at $13 and below its 2012 IPO price but more than doubled on hopes of a sale when the Glazers hired Raine Group to explore their options in late 2022.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
The agentic era has removed the complexity of coding, but it's also doubled the premium on human judgment.
—Shammy Narayanan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The deal effectively doubled the average annual price ESPN had been paying for UFC rights and eliminated the pay-per-view model from UFC fights.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 26 May 2026
The number of adults who were taking five or more prescription drugs doubled in that decade; the use of medications for depression and cholesterol more than tripled.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
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Ghirri’s oversize Polaroids, which increased the usual scale of his modest images to roughly tabloid size, were mounted on hefty support columns clad in coir, a jute-like material used for doormats, obviously intended to thwart any suggestion of monumentality.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Local leaders in Greeley say demand for power has increased significantly in recent decades.—
Dillon Thomas,
CBS News,
2 June 2026
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By contrast, once benefits and broader financial assumptions are folded in, the baseline no longer reflects simply the cost of living.—
Aldrin Rafael Bonilla,
New York Daily News,
27 May 2026
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Heavy rain and flash flooding blocked the entrance, triggering a search that has folded in several Lao groups, as well as the Thai team involved in the 2018 rescue.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
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The number of sponsorships between brands and teams, drivers and the sport itself have multiplied in recent years, with the likes of Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, Hugo Boss and Puma all implicated.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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Over the past two decades, trade between the United States and Switzerland has multiplied several times over.—
Richard W. Rahn,
Fortune,
27 May 2026
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San Diego-type redevelopment around ballparks has been duplicated in San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Washington, Cleveland and finally now even New York, where a casino has been approved next to Citi Field.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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These experiments successfully duplicated the same geometry and abrasion observed in the ancient tooth, bolstering the researchers' conclusions.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
13 May 2026
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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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