DOUBLING Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

doubling 1 of 2

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as in increase

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doubling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of double

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

Noun

The doubling on this set looks like glasses overflowing with red wine and Sprite. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 5 July 2026 In some ways, the hub represents a doubling-down on that and other related relationships. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2026 Body-doubling has risen in popularity over the years, especially as a strategy for managing ADHD. — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 30 June 2026 Many firms already build plans around roughly 1% baseline productivity, so this expectation implies a near doubling of improvement. — 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 And that doesn't include the doubling in size of the group that considers winning at least two College Football Playoff games the bare minimum for a successful season. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Verb

Sotheby’s New York sold selections of his Old Master paintings, sculpture and English furniture last year for $21 million, nearly doubling the low estimate on the collection. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026 Bruce was the only one who guessed correctly, doubling her total to $18,800. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026 Chief Executive Laurence Fink said its iShares funds topped $6 trillion in assets under management during the quarter, roughly doubling in three years. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Bookings from Argentina to Atlanta — where the team played its round of 16 match and will play its semifinal Wednesday — more than doubling over that time, rising nearly 108%. — Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 14 July 2026 The annual number of crimes against MPs reported to the police hit almost 1,000 in 2025, almost doubling since 2022, the Times revealed in March. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Southworth started focusing more specifically on civility, decency, and politeness after COVID, when many employees were fleeing the hospitality industry—all while the membership at their clubs was doubling. — Hannah Seligson, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026 Amazon’s Trainium and Graviton processors hit an annual revenue run rate above $20 billion in Q1, nearly doubling the $10 billion run rate from the previous quarter. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Besides Hicks, left fielder Heriberto Hernández has been the Marlins’ only other consistent source of power lately, homering Friday before doubling Saturday. — Tyler M. Carmona july 11, Miami Herald, 12 July 2026

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Noun

June was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, the United Nations said this week – an increase driven by long-range Russian missiles that have struck urban residential buildings.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
That hugely successful group also helped drive other major changes in the nation’s music-consumption habits, like an increase in CD sales.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

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Verb

After months of decline, gas prices across the country are steadily increasing after the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States broke down last week.

— Mirtha Donastorg, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Medicare regulators on Tuesday proposed to ban vendors from providing remote patient monitoring services on behalf of doctors, a major policy change for a rapidly growing care model that’s been the subject of increasing scrutiny.

— Mario Aguilar, STAT, 15 July 2026

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Embracing New Capabilities And Categories The future with physical AI is not just a robot folding laundry or a mechanical arm performing parcel sorting in a warehouse.

— Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
This single, innovative component handles daily sun-tracking while also powering the protective folding sequence.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

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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.

— Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026
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.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of quadrupling

Verb

For reference, multiplying a pair of thousand-digit numbers involves a million single-digit multiplications using the grade-school method but fewer than 57,000 using Karatsuba’s algorithm.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Iran war and climate crisis The war with Iran has reinforced this threat-multiplying dynamic, displacing millions throughout Iran and Lebanon.

— Sarah Yerkes, Time, 10 July 2026

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Detroit still has Cade Cunningham, but duplicating last season will be tough.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 2 July 2026
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.

— Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 28 June 2026

Definition of duplicating

Noun

One way to begin is with the mental and physical reset provided by the Crossings Ceremony, the most recent addition to Miraval Austin’s Life in Balance Spa offerings.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 16 July 2026
The coaching staff thought the talent the team inherited, with the addition of a few bargain signings, was better than the numbers showed.

— Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 16 July 2026

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