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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
Mortgage rates, which more than doubled in 2022 from their pandemic lows, remain above 6 percent.
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Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Cinelli said Scale’s data business has grown every month since the Meta deal, and its applications business has doubled in the second half of 2025 compared with the first half.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Animation’s share of box office revenue has doubled from 9% in 2022 to 17% in 2024, led by Japanese anime and Disney sequels.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Chronic absenteeism rates in K-12 schools, which nearly doubled during the pandemic, are finally showing steady signs of improvement, according to a new report.
—NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Ukrainian officials recently doubled the points for killing Russian infantry from six to twelve, a change that has led to higher casualty figures.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
And the percentage of Latino service members more than doubled from the late 1980s to the 2000s.
—Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Jacob Murphy’s fourth-minute goal doubled their away tally in league football, but a flashing, dashing quicksilver move which saw Bruno Guimaraes spread the ball wide and the winger step inside and then outside of El Hadji Malick Diouf before shooting beyond Alphonse Areola was a mirage.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Usher more than doubled that return with the 2010-11 OMG World Tour, which grossed $75 million; the trek landed in seventh place on Billboard’s Top Tours chart in 2011.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Cinelli said Scale’s data business has grown every month since the Meta deal, and its applications business has doubled in the second half of 2025 compared with the first half.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Animation’s share of box office revenue has doubled from 9% in 2022 to 17% in 2024, led by Japanese anime and Disney sequels.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Chronic absenteeism rates in K-12 schools, which nearly doubled during the pandemic, are finally showing steady signs of improvement, according to a new report.
—NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Ukrainian officials recently doubled the points for killing Russian infantry from six to twelve, a change that has led to higher casualty figures.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
And the percentage of Latino service members more than doubled from the late 1980s to the 2000s.
—Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Jacob Murphy’s fourth-minute goal doubled their away tally in league football, but a flashing, dashing quicksilver move which saw Bruno Guimaraes spread the ball wide and the winger step inside and then outside of El Hadji Malick Diouf before shooting beyond Alphonse Areola was a mirage.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Usher more than doubled that return with the 2010-11 OMG World Tour, which grossed $75 million; the trek landed in seventh place on Billboard’s Top Tours chart in 2011.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
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The number of homebuyers taking out VA loans also increased in August, rising 3 percent year-over-year nationwide—bucking the trend observed for conventional loans, which declined 9 percent year-over-year in the same month.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The area increased to 80% by 2018, according to state media, after numerous buildings and city walls were restored, and 135 temporary structures inside the compound were torn down.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The bill was eventually folded into an Appropriations bill and passed; the National Academies report came out in August 2025.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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While a single meal may seem inconsequential, if multiplied across millions of households these choices translate into meaningful water savings.—
Huma Tariq Malik,
The Conversation,
4 Nov. 2025
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Her ticket matched four white balls in the drawing, winning her a $50,000 prize that was multiplied to $100,000 because of the Power Play option.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Dolphins won six of eight after that rough start last season, and the team hopes that turnaround can be duplicated.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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The cameo feature, which allows your child’s likeness to be potentially duplicated in video form, and misused.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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