DOUBLED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

doubled

verb

past tense of double

as in increased

to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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as in folded

to lay one part over or against another part of double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead

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Recent Examples of doubled Digital sales doubled in 2020 but remained a small percentage of the business. — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026 And Canary Wharf has more than doubled the number of retailers, restaurants, bars, and cafes since the pandemic. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 More than 350 million customers used it over the past year, while active users nearly doubled and interactions increased more than fivefold year over year in the second quarter, CEO Andy Jassy said. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 And yet, a new ProPublica analysis has revealed that deaths from ectopic pregnancy in the United States have nearly doubled, from about 100 between 2014 and 2019 to almost 200 between 2020 and 2025. — Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 In the year to date, enrollment in London is already 16 percent ahead of full-year 2025 and has more than doubled in the last five years. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The DynaTAC quickly became an emblem of 1980s ambition and excess, a communications device that doubled as a badge of executive clout. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 City officials said the number of families seeking help has doubled from a year ago. — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 9 Oct. 2026 The average rent in Spain has almost doubled in the past 10 years. — Joseph Wilson, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

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When Arizona removed Medicaid patients' access to podiatrists, diabetic foot infection hospital admissions increased 38 percent, hospital stays grew 29 percent, and charges rose 45 percent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Yet even as the flows of crude from the Middle East have increased, oil remains near $100 a barrel.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of increased

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The album folded electronic textures, orchestral flourishes, studio experimentation and huge melodies into songs that wrestled with politics, mortality, love, fear and the strange business of being alive.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
The Samsung partnership then represents a new revenue stream for ARS artists, particularly at a time when art publications have reduced their print schedules or folded completely.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of folded

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Cameras multiplied the audience onto the massive display, effectively making it all about the fans before dropping them into increasingly dark and elaborate worlds.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Once Robinson was arrested for Charlie’s murder, the theories only multiplied.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of multiplied

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Information was duplicated across five or six locations, sometimes appearing in slightly different configurations.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Reducing the number of physical test vehicles and duplicated validation efforts needed because data and context carry forward.

— Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026