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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
Since his return to office, ICE arrests have doubled.
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The round more than doubled Mistral AI’s valuation from the previous year.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Over the past five years, the company has nearly doubled its revenue, reaching $75 billion in 2024, up from $39 billion in 2019.
—Roula Amire, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Shares have risen approximately 35% year-to-date and have nearly doubled over the last 12 months.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Along with the neighboring proglacial Harlequin and Grand Plateau lakes, the three lakes have more than doubled in that period, according to NASA.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The company, whose stock price has more than doubled this year, is projecting a positive adjusted EBITDA of $5 million for 2025.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
China has more than doubled its nuclear arsenal in the past five years.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
At some of those sites, the amount of organic matter in the soil has more than doubled.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
The round more than doubled Mistral AI’s valuation from the previous year.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Over the past five years, the company has nearly doubled its revenue, reaching $75 billion in 2024, up from $39 billion in 2019.
—Roula Amire, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Shares have risen approximately 35% year-to-date and have nearly doubled over the last 12 months.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Along with the neighboring proglacial Harlequin and Grand Plateau lakes, the three lakes have more than doubled in that period, according to NASA.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
The company, whose stock price has more than doubled this year, is projecting a positive adjusted EBITDA of $5 million for 2025.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
China has more than doubled its nuclear arsenal in the past five years.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
At some of those sites, the amount of organic matter in the soil has more than doubled.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubled
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For example, Doak kicked on so impressively at Middlesbrough in 2024-25 that his value increased to the point that Bournemouth paid £25m for him.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The rate of lifetime depression among women has increased by over 40% in the last decade, yet periods like postpartum and perimenopause remain under-addressed in mainstream mental health care.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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However, butterhead leaves aren't as tightly folded as some other types, such as iceberg lettuce.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
3 Sep. 2025
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The method in which they’re folded, either down the middle or the side, determines whether the filling is ricotta or pea.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
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These market prices must be multiplied by an inflation factor, and the bottom line on a ticket for 100 bonds (that is, $100,000 of par value when issued) would have been $96,470.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Yet, Sidney Crosby remains, and there is hope that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t too distant, now that president and general manager Kyle Dubas has impressively replenished the Penguins’ farm system with real talent and has multiplied the organization’s draft pool.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
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Forty years later, the sons of the great two explorers duplicated the feat, but by ship this time.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The Soviet Union, Washington’s only real contender at the time, never duplicated the feat despite putting the first man into space some eight years prior — even as sanctions-struck Russia plans to construct the International Lunar Research Station with Beijing by 2035.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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As previously mentioned, Real Madrid has redoubled its efforts to overcome its archrival Barcelona.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Instead, Swift has redoubled her efforts.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Doubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubled. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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