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as in increased
to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
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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
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Economic output has also increased, up 24% over the same period, government data show.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Sequence unraveled, and with it the onward rush, progression, the sense of one event coming after another; my understanding of cause and effect, of the chronological chopping-up of time both personal and historical—before and after, premodern and modern—all blurred, folded, unraveled out of reach.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Companies tallied their emissions, governments folded those tallies into national inventories, and the rest of us took the sum on trust.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Content Partners was ahead of the curve in recognizing the demand for liquidity among content owners at a time when online distribution options for content libraries have multiplied.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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The good news is that much of that retreat energy is recreatable inside your own bathroom or bedroom, and the at-home wellness tools that get you there have multiplied in 2026.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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But nobody has duplicated his monetary success—or built two separate businesses that are so wildly profitable.—
Gary Sernovitz,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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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
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