DOUBLED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

doubled

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Definition of doubled next

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 That doubled to 60% for the mid-year assessment The data also shows year-over-year improvements across the majority of grade levels and student demographics in both subjects. —

Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026 In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the proportion of Americans living with a total knee replacement doubled. —

Chris Pope, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026 The company says the setup doubled training speed without increasing computing resources. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026 The skier-only resort also recently doubled its acreage; now, skiers can zoom down 202 trails across 4,300 acres. —

Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026 Meanwhile, the number of independent voters in our state has nearly doubled. —

Terry Lierman, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2026 Renaissance Africa Energy, a consortium of mostly local firms that took over the operation of onshore oil assets from Shell a year ago, has doubled output from its facilities from a base of about 100,000 barrels per day, Nigeria’s junior oil minister told an industry gathering last week in Abuja. —

Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026 Marshall doubled that, passing away in July 2024 at 28. —

Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026 Loosely cover using plastic wrap, and let stand in a warm place (75°F) until puffed and nearly doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes. —

Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026

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The phrase has been tagged in more than 550,000 posts on Instagram, while on TikTok the number of videos with the #curatedvintage hashtag increased by 50% in the past year.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
According to the complaint, the companies and their subsidiaries repeatedly increased EpiPen prices and paid pharmacy benefit managers to keep rival products off the market, which violates the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, the Indiana Antitrust Act and the Medicaid False Claims Act.

— Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Feb. 2026