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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
David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In my state, people cannot afford a doubling in their health care premiums.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition, a doubling in the genetic risk of alcohol dependency was associated with a 16% increase in dementia risk, according to the study.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The garden recorded a doubling of attendance in five years, from 323,184 visitors in 2019 to 650,882 in 2024.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Her group found that for every doubling of carbon dioxide, the temperature consistently jumped a whopping 8 degrees Celsius.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Laura Layden, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
General Motors fell 3% despite EV sales doubling from 2024, Ford rose 2% and Stellantis surged 14% as sales rose after eight quarters of declines.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Once a biker repair shop, the cyclist-friendly eatery is now a cozy Millbrook staple, doubling not only as the diner's interior but also appearing in exterior shots that bring the fictional streets of Tall Pines to life.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Instead, the discussion has been moving toward new tax incentives — Newsom’s new bill doubling California’s annual tax credit program to $750 million a year, calls for a federal tax incentive for film and TV — and away from the idea of penalizing productions that shoot outside the country.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
The institution will also build a new wing to house temporary exhibitions, thus doubling its exhibition space to 8,600 square feet.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Sep. 2025
The kitty compilation is now international and continues to sell out screenings in new markets with Australia and New Zealand almost doubling revenue to $185k 664 USD.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The chamber established a unit dedicated to international outreach, both to promote Dubai companies and attract foreign investors, as the city works toward doubling its economy by 2033, compared with its 2023 output.
—semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The county is the first in Ohio to enact a new state program doubling the Homestead property tax exemption.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Democrats say yes, pointing to a doubling of premiums for millions of people.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In my state, people cannot afford a doubling in their health care premiums.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
In addition, a doubling in the genetic risk of alcohol dependency was associated with a 16% increase in dementia risk, according to the study.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
The garden recorded a doubling of attendance in five years, from 323,184 visitors in 2019 to 650,882 in 2024.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Her group found that for every doubling of carbon dioxide, the temperature consistently jumped a whopping 8 degrees Celsius.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
The company is on track to add thousands of AARP members to its digital vault this year, with the expectation of more than doubling its number of users by 2026.
—Laura Layden, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
General Motors fell 3% despite EV sales doubling from 2024, Ford rose 2% and Stellantis surged 14% as sales rose after eight quarters of declines.
—Benzinga, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Once a biker repair shop, the cyclist-friendly eatery is now a cozy Millbrook staple, doubling not only as the diner's interior but also appearing in exterior shots that bring the fictional streets of Tall Pines to life.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Instead, the discussion has been moving toward new tax incentives — Newsom’s new bill doubling California’s annual tax credit program to $750 million a year, calls for a federal tax incentive for film and TV — and away from the idea of penalizing productions that shoot outside the country.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
The institution will also build a new wing to house temporary exhibitions, thus doubling its exhibition space to 8,600 square feet.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Sep. 2025
The kitty compilation is now international and continues to sell out screenings in new markets with Australia and New Zealand almost doubling revenue to $185k 664 USD.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
The chamber established a unit dedicated to international outreach, both to promote Dubai companies and attract foreign investors, as the city works toward doubling its economy by 2033, compared with its 2023 output.
—semafor.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The county is the first in Ohio to enact a new state program doubling the Homestead property tax exemption.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
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The government can raise revenues by increasing the payroll tax that funds Social Security or the income threshold to continue paying the tax or raise the full retirement age.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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People would be wise to consider the ever-increasing cost of homes in the area before selling their property due to immigration enforcement fears, Gonzalez said.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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So folding in those salaries along with pre-arb salaries and all the other standard stuff, like player benefits and minor-league salaries, should add another $50 million.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Tesla also removed ambient lighting, certain exterior light bars, power-folding mirrors, and other upgrades introduced in previous refreshes.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
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In 2011, the Wisconsin State Legislature altered the property tax levy formula limits, eliminating the 2% ceiling that local municipalities could draw from taxpayers in places where new construction couldn't justify a larger levy increase.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Numbers provided by Cincinnati Public Schools show that the school district had 4,326 homeless students last year, representing a 77% increase from a decade prior, despite total student enrollment increasing by only 538 students over the same period of time.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Across the fashion industry, circular strategies are multiplying — global SPAs are strengthening garment collection schemes, while European luxury houses are elevating biodiversity as a strategic pillar.—
Chizuru Muko,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Their two-income household had dropped to one, and Fleming’s son required more in-home medical equipment, multiplying their family’s expenses.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
22 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
Verb
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Bidirectional edges connected the robots to each other, because each robot had to know what other robots were doing at each time step to avoid collisions or duplicating tasks.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 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 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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The study found that the incorrect, older models led to a significant bias in criticality calculations, causing an artificial overestimation of the reactor’s effective neutron multiplication factor (keff).—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s politics by multiplication, not division.—
Marie Alvarado Gil,
Oc Register,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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