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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
Gleb Tsipursky,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The doubling of the standard deduction from the 2017 tax law was made permanent and indexed for inflation.
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Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The concept builds on body doubling, a productivity strategy ADHD coach Linda Anderson named in 1996 after a client described the effect.
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Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
Why working alongside friends actually helps Admin night has an older cousin in the productivity world, called body doubling, which is the practice of staying on-task by working next to another person.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Two years ago, the city of Fort Worth and Stockyards development company Majestic Realty celebrated as the City Council unanimously approved a grant package meant to stimulate the doubling of Fort Worth’s most iconic landmark.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
Body doubling works for some, and there are plausible scientific reasons why, Canu says.
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Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
However, climate change alone doesn’t seem to explain the sudden doubling of tornado numbers in Illinois over the last four years, or the state’s current count compared with others, especially given that planetary warming has been observed as a long-term trend since the mid-20th century.
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Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
That sly approach extended far beyond clothing, as Snook noted the same doubling appeared throughout Marissa’s jewelry.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
Footage from another angle, recorded without sound, appears to show Diguglielmo doubling over at the waist before lowering himself to the ground as what appears to be blood becomes visible through the front of his shirt.
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Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
For many state workers, the return-to-office order means doubling their weekly commute after nearly six years of hybrid work.
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Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Jet fuel became a particularly expensive commodity, more than doubling in price from $800 per tonne prior to the conflict to a peak of $1,903 in April.
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Sam Forsdick,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.
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K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The dependable measure of how much invasive disease has grown is the 60 percent that blood shows, not the headline doubling.
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John Drake,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Jo Adell stranded two runners in the fourth by grounding into an inning-ending double play, and Josh Lowe was left on second base after doubling in the fifth and eighth innings.
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Doug Miller,
Oc Register,
30 June 2026
Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.
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Makini Brice,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Noun
Many firms already build plans around roughly 1% baseline productivity, so this expectation implies a near doubling of improvement.
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Gleb Tsipursky,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
The doubling of the standard deduction from the 2017 tax law was made permanent and indexed for inflation.
—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
The concept builds on body doubling, a productivity strategy ADHD coach Linda Anderson named in 1996 after a client described the effect.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2026
Why working alongside friends actually helps Admin night has an older cousin in the productivity world, called body doubling, which is the practice of staying on-task by working next to another person.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
26 June 2026
Two years ago, the city of Fort Worth and Stockyards development company Majestic Realty celebrated as the City Council unanimously approved a grant package meant to stimulate the doubling of Fort Worth’s most iconic landmark.
—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
Body doubling works for some, and there are plausible scientific reasons why, Canu says.
—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
However, climate change alone doesn’t seem to explain the sudden doubling of tornado numbers in Illinois over the last four years, or the state’s current count compared with others, especially given that planetary warming has been observed as a long-term trend since the mid-20th century.
—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
That sly approach extended far beyond clothing, as Snook noted the same doubling appeared throughout Marissa’s jewelry.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 June 2026
Verb
During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026
Footage from another angle, recorded without sound, appears to show Diguglielmo doubling over at the waist before lowering himself to the ground as what appears to be blood becomes visible through the front of his shirt.
—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
For many state workers, the return-to-office order means doubling their weekly commute after nearly six years of hybrid work.
—
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Jet fuel became a particularly expensive commodity, more than doubling in price from $800 per tonne prior to the conflict to a peak of $1,903 in April.
—
Sam Forsdick,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
The loadout on sale here differs from our review model in a few ways, notably swapping an AMD Ryzen 5 processor in for the poky 12th-generation Intel Core i3 and doubling the RAM.
—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
30 June 2026
The dependable measure of how much invasive disease has grown is the 60 percent that blood shows, not the headline doubling.
—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Jo Adell stranded two runners in the fourth by grounding into an inning-ending double play, and Josh Lowe was left on second base after doubling in the fifth and eighth innings.
—
Doug Miller,
Oc Register,
30 June 2026
Utility Iren was doubling workers' shifts and adding generators to address sporadic power cuts in Turin as the electricity grid came under strain, a spokesperson said.
—
Makini Brice,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
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Hispanics or Latinos were the target of the biggest increase in racially or ethnically motivated hate crimes, according to the report.
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However, the report noted that much of this rise was due to an increase in the number of billionaires, not just three-comma club members getting richer.
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As summer arrives, snow begins melting, ice hardens and rocks loosen, increasing the risk of falls and rockfall.
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When patients can’t pay, hospitals absorb the costs and pass them onto people with insurance by increasing prices, studies show.
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The two folding chairs are also lightweight, yet sturdy enough to hold up to 350 pounds.
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Samsung's folding phones are the market leaders for now.
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The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.
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The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.
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Market cap is the total dollar value of a company’s outstanding shares of stock and is calculated by multiplying the current share price by the total number of outstanding shares.
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With paranoia multiplying around him, anything could trigger the end.
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That's according to the country's Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said that amounts to a tripling of such baptisms compared to 10 years ago.
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Chart created by the author The tripling of years on air for the prime time lineup is spread across many, but not all, genres.
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Fiber-optic, first-person view (FPV) drones have become a key weapon in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah’s war against Israel in recent months – bypassing Israel’s sophisticated defense systems by duplicating an asymmetric warfare tactic that first emerged in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Creating parallel capabilities overseas risks duplicating existing infrastructure while diverting attention and resources from the interventions most likely to bring the outbreak under control.
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Wade is the first free-agent addition to the Sixers since Mike Gansey replaced Daryl Morey as the team's new president of basketball operations.
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Its newest addition—part of hotelier Ian Schrager’s Edition chain—is a decidedly more subdued affair, and that’s by design.
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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