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 Between 2019 and 2022, the number of licensed mudlarks in London more than doubled, to five thousand. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Its second-quarter earnings estimate has more than doubled over the past three months. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 17 July 2026 With two out in the sixth, Kyle Schwarber doubled off the right-field wall to end Scott’s outing. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026 When the new project was instead proposed on a plot of land directly next to a respondent’s current home, the necessary payment doubled. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 With a market cap that has doubled over two years to $360 billion, Pick can afford them. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 July 2026 That’s even more the case in Miami-Dade, where Miami Association of Realtors data shows single-family home prices more than doubled between 2020 and 2021 as wealthy out-of-staters flooded into Florida, causing home prices to skyrocket. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026 In a Seattle conservation district election, turnout doubled the first year mobile voting was offered and tripled thereafter. — Sam Kinch, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2026 Arraez doubled in the go-ahead run in the fifth and Devers followed with an RBI single for a 4-2 lead. — ABC News, 10 July 2026

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Bike lane tickets increased to $250 after the 2022 death of 3-year-old Lily Grace Shambrook, who was killed in a traffic crash while riding on the back of her mother’s bike in Uptown.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Researchers could not attribute increased or decreased beach erosion to higher global average temperatures.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

Definition of increased

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Cargo space measures 56 cubic feet behind the second row and expands to a healthy 112 cubic feet (3,171 L) with the seats folded and slid forward.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Volunteers flattened and folded the bags, cut them into strips and tied them together to form plastic year, which was woven into durable sleeping mats using looms.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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The beauty group integrated Gaultier fragrances into its brand portfolio in 2016, and since then multiplied its sales by five times.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
That number quickly multiplied to 19 across three locations along a nine-mile stretch of coastline.

— Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of multiplied

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Security camera footage showed Hill and the three others presenting merchandise not purchased at TJX stores to return with altered or duplicated receipts, according to court documents.

— Greta Cross, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Angela George The recount board is sticking around after business hours for now to tabulate ballots that needed to be duplicated after the voting machine could not read or decipher the ballot.

— Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 8 July 2026