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to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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Recent Examples of doubled
The first Gulf War, in 1991, doubled oil prices and sparked inflation.
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Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
Williams doubled-down on his beliefs when asked and pointed to multiple lawsuits that have been brought against Jones accusing him of using his position as Lieutenant Governor to push money into his own campaign.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Ukraine’s offensive capabilities have also improved, with the Defense Ministry saying Tuesday that the country’s forces have more than doubled the range of their deep-strike capabilities since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Most new building is on hold, while the price of iron sheeting has more than doubled.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that first-quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago, following a surge in oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East conflict.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
The Minnesota State Patrol, which oversees Capitol security, told a security panel last fall that the number of threats against state officials had more than doubled from 2024 to 2025.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Annie Olson doubled and added a sacrifice fly, while Hannah Pikus picked up an RBI triple.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Plus, the shade range recently doubled—so there’s plenty of tints with subtle shimmer to choose from.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
Williams doubled-down on his beliefs when asked and pointed to multiple lawsuits that have been brought against Jones accusing him of using his position as Lieutenant Governor to push money into his own campaign.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Ukraine’s offensive capabilities have also improved, with the Defense Ministry saying Tuesday that the country’s forces have more than doubled the range of their deep-strike capabilities since Russia’s February 2022 invasion.
—ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
Most new building is on hold, while the price of iron sheeting has more than doubled.
—Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images British energy major BP on Tuesday reported that first-quarter profits more than doubled from a year ago, following a surge in oil and gas prices driven by the Middle East conflict.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
The Minnesota State Patrol, which oversees Capitol security, told a security panel last fall that the number of threats against state officials had more than doubled from 2024 to 2025.
—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Annie Olson doubled and added a sacrifice fly, while Hannah Pikus picked up an RBI triple.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Plus, the shade range recently doubled—so there’s plenty of tints with subtle shimmer to choose from.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
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Glas said many producers understandably believed that given the gap in IEEPA tariff rates between free-trade-agreement qualifying countries in the Western Hemisphere and those in Asia — which amounted by about 10 percentage points in most cases — sourcing from the Americas should have increased.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
4 May 2026
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European countries and Canada have increased defense spending and military recruitment efforts over the last year in response to Trump’s threats.—
Mark Carlson,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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On the table beside him sat the morning edition of the Orlando Sentinel, folded neatly the way only longtime newspaper readers fold a newspaper.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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Punishments included withholding food from inmates or forcing them to sit with their arms folded while they were beaten and kicked.—
Raquel Rutledge,
ProPublica,
5 May 2026
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The result is more intense compute requirements multiplied by greater adoption, leading to an explosion in demand for chips, interconnect solutions between those chips, and the energy to power it all.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
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Reports of corruption in the military elite are frequent but have multiplied since the Ukraine invasion began.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Markiplier can’t personally build the system for everybody, and his specific success can’t be duplicated.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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That’s a feat Ilginis hadn’t duplicated until Thursday when the sophomore midfielder scored four goals in an 8-1 win over Richards.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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