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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While the space is only 10 percent bigger, the redesign has increased the number of fitting stations from four to six, allowing more customers to be serviced at the same time.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Attacks on ships transiting the strait have increased since Iran's proposal was rejected.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of increased

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During demonstrations, the researchers folded the material diagonally in opposite directions, and its digital counterpart followed the changing geometry.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
The girls of summer Women's pro baseball has been largely inactive in this country since the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded 72 years ago.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 8 Oct. 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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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
The company started scanning repositories for credentials, began alerting users that their credentials were exposed, and even set up default push protections to prevent affected repositories from being duplicated.

— Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026