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 Washington later doubled its lead when All-Star outfielder James Wood hit a sacrifice fly for his 47th RBI of the season. Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026 Naturally, Ohtani also singled, doubled, walked and drove in two runs in that game. Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 16 June 2026 The diesel tax jumped slightly more than 9 cents per gallon in July 2022 after retail prices over the prior year had nearly doubled. Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026 Dawson homered in the first inning, doubled in the third, reached on an infield hit in the fourth, tripled to right-center in the sixth and singled again in the eighth. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Nvidia has gained 14% in that time, while AMD has more than doubled. Fred Imbert, CNBC, 16 June 2026 Electric vehicle sales more than doubled in 2025 to around half a million units, according to the IEA, which found that one in five cars sold regionally is electric. ABC News, 16 June 2026 Plastic is everywhere, including inside us Since the 1950s, global plastic production has doubled about every 20 years. Lisa Emili, The Conversation, 16 June 2026 Newsom doubled the state program to $750 million in 2025. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 June 2026
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Verb
  • Rainbow flick The chances of seeing this skill — some might call it a circus act — being performed at the World Cup this summer increased significantly on the back of Neymar being named in the Brazil squad.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Economic output has also increased, up 24% over the same period, government data show.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Verb
  • The vehicle has 78 cubic feet of storage space when the rear seats are folded, 44 cubic feet when just the back row is folded, and 15 cubic feet when all seats are in use.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 June 2026
  • With the rear seats folded, the amount of car space expands significantly to about 56 cubic feet.
    Keith Laing, USA Today, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Police presence has multiplied.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
  • State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan.
    Kate Wells, NPR, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Because that kind of exposure, Wann said, creates a deeper allegiance that might be duplicated with the World Cup legacy here.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • In the past, elections office staff extracted ballots from envelopes using a machine, which occasionally cut into ballots and required them to be duplicated because the damage would interfere with tabulation.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026

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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.

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