1
as in increasing
to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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2
as in folding
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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as in increase
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
Verb
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Those in his position often pride themselves on insulation, increasing efficiency or an Ivy League education, a few foundations around which the Houston Astros have constructed their golden era.—
Chandler Rome,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025 -
The team, however, is not increasing season-ticket prices in the upper level, per the spokesperson.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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The argument then escalated, and Forty hit him in the face with a beer bottle, pulled out a folding knife, and then charged at him.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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The audience of seventy-five people—packed closely into white folding chairs at a community center just outside Boston—had come to learn how to spot undercover immigration agents.—
Julia Angwin,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2025
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From the day after President Donald Trump took office earlier this year until Monday, the department recorded 79 assault events, representing a 690% increase year over year.—
Danielle Wallace , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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One reported a 60% increase in sales within four months, while another saved 30-hours per week on decision-making processes, according to Medone.—
Sonia Osorio,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The reciprocal rates, which aren’t exactly reciprocal, were calculated by dividing a country’s trade deficit with the US by its exports to the country and multiplying by 1/2.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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The best employees will be those who master this skill, significantly multiplying their productivity.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The company's data center GPUs excel at performing billions of matrix multiplications necessary to train and run neural networks due to their parallel architecture—hardware architectures that originated as video game graphics accelerators now power the generative AI boom.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
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Spyware has seen 147% increase, with February and March taking the biggest brunt as a 4 times multiplication of the baseline was observed.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In addition, Hynes is due to perform as part of Pitchfork Music Festival Paris on Monday, November 3.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
8 July 2025
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In addition, at age 28, Duran is older than any of the Boston outfielders except for the 34-year-old Refsnyder.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
Noun
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The annual Ten Thousand Commandments report has, since 1993, tracked the inexorable accumulation of federal regulation.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The United States would be, to put it mildly, naïve to believe that the accumulation of intelligence and modern warfare knowledge by North Korea, China and Iran presents no threat to the United States.—
Laura Thornton,
Twin Cities,
27 June 2025
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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