doubled

past tense of double
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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 The brand doubled its Galápagos fleet in 2025 by adding the 16-guest catamaran Delfina and the 48-guest Gemini. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026 Nvidia’s stock had more than doubled from its April 2025 lows by late October, before retreating in the following months. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026 Investment from Turkey has been steadily increasing in the past three years as wages in Turkey have doubled in this time, along with increasing production costs. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026 The average rent in Spain has almost doubled in the last decade, eating into household budgets and upsetting voters. — Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2026 Secondary-market ticket prices for Sunday’s game have more than doubled at Vivid Seats since news broke of the trade and Mendoza’s elevation. — Mark Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026 The price of nitrogen fertilizer roughly doubled in a matter of weeks. — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026 By comparison, Samsung's tablet scored 1,358 and 3,886 in the same tests, while the Alexa Tablet nearly doubled those results, scoring 1,460 and 6,310. — Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026 Long story short, the gold rush of the CBS years (MLB payrolls doubled between the start of the deal and the network’s final season) quickly gave way to a staggering depletion of resources. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
Verb
  • The financial complexity has increased, and adequate preparation needs to increase with it.
    — Adam Frank, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The areas that increased in temperature faster over time also had more of the red-orange bees.
    — Connie Hanzhang Jin, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Omitsu extended her delicate white hand toward Shinsuke, who sat sullen, arms folded.
    — Yasushi Inoue, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
  • While Freeform was folded into Erwich’s and by extension Sethi’s portfolio awhile back, National Geographic Content, led by President Courteney Monroe, has remained a separate unit reporting to OConnell.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The number Real Motor quotes is the torque measured at the wheel, after being multiplied by the bike’s gearing.
    — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The group’s apps have more than 40 million monthly active users combined and have passed 300 million installs, and EloElo said its revenue multiplied over the past year.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The Kelly green of the franchise’s past is duplicated in suede for the toe box, vamp and collar, as well as a TPU heel counter.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Those who voted on Issue 7A but were not eligible to do so will have their ballots duplicated onto the correct ballot style, state officials said.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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