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as in increasing
to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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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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Recent Examples of doubling
Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
He was being paid over £150,000 a week, doubling which would have loaded £9million extra onto the St James’ Park wage bill.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
This structure, which the study also calls crustal doubling, consists of a layer of Indian crust, a central layer of rigid Asian mantle, and an upper layer of Asian crust.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Sports and entertainment company TKO Group Holdings, the firm behind the likes of UFC and WWE, said Wednesday that its board of directors has authorized a doubling of its quarterly cash dividend.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The big advance is a doubling of the MU-MIMO streams, to 16.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
While healthcare broadly has grossly underperformed the market (about 40% to the S&P 500’s doubling) in that time, BMY has been even worse, sitting on about 25% in red ink on a price basis, and a 10% loss even with dividends included.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Cambricon dived as much as 11% after warning investors about a doubling in its share price over just a month.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The aquarium utilizes 10,000 square feet, according to its website, so the expansion represents nearly a doubling of its space.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The frontrunner is the Emmy nominations leader this year Severance, which came roaring back in its second season with a whopping 27 nominations, nearly doubling its number from Season 1 three years ago.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Doti became president in 1991 and served for 25 years, doubling the school’s graduation rate while investing in new facilities and programs.
—Melanie Marshall, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Alameda County Supervisors David Haubert and Nate Miley proposed raising — and in some circumstances, doubling — the campaign contribution limits for county elections on Tuesday, but failed to find enough support from their colleagues amid public pushback.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Turnout in Charlotte’s primary came close to doubling results from two years ago as voters cast ballots amid growing national attention around a fatal light-rail stabbing.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
The phone now starts with 256GB of storage, doubling the previous entry-level amount.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Honourable mentions Kieron Walton, 19, was brilliant in the OHL last season, doubling his point production and making the Jets look good for drafting him 187th in 2024.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
That's almost doubling the reception rate when facing zone looks!
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
The World Bank estimates that the female labor-force participation rate in Saudi Arabia is now roughly 35%—a doubling of the female work participation rate in less than a decade, with tangible effects on household incomes and economic productivity.
—Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
He was being paid over £150,000 a week, doubling which would have loaded £9million extra onto the St James’ Park wage bill.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
This structure, which the study also calls crustal doubling, consists of a layer of Indian crust, a central layer of rigid Asian mantle, and an upper layer of Asian crust.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Sports and entertainment company TKO Group Holdings, the firm behind the likes of UFC and WWE, said Wednesday that its board of directors has authorized a doubling of its quarterly cash dividend.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
The big advance is a doubling of the MU-MIMO streams, to 16.
—Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
While healthcare broadly has grossly underperformed the market (about 40% to the S&P 500’s doubling) in that time, BMY has been even worse, sitting on about 25% in red ink on a price basis, and a 10% loss even with dividends included.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Cambricon dived as much as 11% after warning investors about a doubling in its share price over just a month.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The aquarium utilizes 10,000 square feet, according to its website, so the expansion represents nearly a doubling of its space.
—Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
At the same time, the TCJA dramatically increased the standard deduction, roughly doubling its pre-TCJA value.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The frontrunner is the Emmy nominations leader this year Severance, which came roaring back in its second season with a whopping 27 nominations, nearly doubling its number from Season 1 three years ago.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Doti became president in 1991 and served for 25 years, doubling the school’s graduation rate while investing in new facilities and programs.
—Melanie Marshall, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
Alameda County Supervisors David Haubert and Nate Miley proposed raising — and in some circumstances, doubling — the campaign contribution limits for county elections on Tuesday, but failed to find enough support from their colleagues amid public pushback.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Turnout in Charlotte’s primary came close to doubling results from two years ago as voters cast ballots amid growing national attention around a fatal light-rail stabbing.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
The phone now starts with 256GB of storage, doubling the previous entry-level amount.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Honourable mentions Kieron Walton, 19, was brilliant in the OHL last season, doubling his point production and making the Jets look good for drafting him 187th in 2024.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
That's almost doubling the reception rate when facing zone looks!
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Items to bring include a flashlight with a red balloon over the lens and a folding chair.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Stretch them over cylindrical vases, folding the edge over the rim and securing them with double-sided tape if needed.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
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The brutal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a college campus shocked the nation and is forcing it to confront what appears to be an increase in political violence across the country.—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Labor Department data released on Thursday showed one of the biggest weekly increases in jobless claims in more than a year.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The system, unable to recognize obvious errors or apply common-sense limits, kept multiplying orders exponentially.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Emails multiplying like rabbits.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since tariffs rates have been largely stable for decades, after decades of gradual decline, that rate of increase – the quadrupling – is almost certainly unprecedented since the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act so often cited as a contributing factor to the Great Depression.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Lydia Toth, spokesperson for the association of Swiss chocolate manufacturers Chocosuisse, said the quadrupling of cocoa prices over the past two years had significantly increased production costs, squeezing manufacturers' margins, particularly given that retail prices tend to lag.—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
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The remaining one-third involves SG&A costs, split between restructuring sales and marketing operations and duplicating corporate functions such as finance, HR, and legal.—
Joe Cornell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to leverage their distinctive strengths to foster growth without duplicating efforts, according to Zhang Kailin, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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The relative change would be greater, going from a doubling of density during such an event to a potential tripling.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Leadership Development Approach From the outset of launching Apex, Iftiu acknowledges that his biggest learning curve involved shifting focus from personal production to leadership multiplication.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In my experience leading multi-AI agent implementations, the real transformation happens when organizations stop thinking about AI as cost-cutting and start seeing it as capability multiplication.—
Varun Milind Kulkarni,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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