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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
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
While Moore’s Law describes the steady doubling of compute power every 18 months, AI performance is scaling much faster.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 9 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
American Airlines is doubling lounge space where free champagne will flow.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
First and foremost, the sports broadcaster, 47, praised the star quarterback, 29, and his tight end counterpart, 35, for their multi-hyphenate talents, doubling as standout athletes on the field and businessmen away from it.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
And 23% expect to hire fewer workers, nearly doubling from 12% this year.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Nvidia is up more than 35% this year after more than doubling in 2024.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Bright neon yellow party favors, including large iced drink cups matching the tennis balls, added a pop of color while doubling as practical items for guests.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
While Moore’s Law describes the steady doubling of compute power every 18 months, AI performance is scaling much faster.
—Ravi Kumar, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
In particular, China and Taiwan led in equipment purchases with Taiwan more than doubling its spending from the prior year.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 9 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
American Airlines is doubling lounge space where free champagne will flow.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
First and foremost, the sports broadcaster, 47, praised the star quarterback, 29, and his tight end counterpart, 35, for their multi-hyphenate talents, doubling as standout athletes on the field and businessmen away from it.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
And 23% expect to hire fewer workers, nearly doubling from 12% this year.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Nvidia is up more than 35% this year after more than doubling in 2024.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Bright neon yellow party favors, including large iced drink cups matching the tennis balls, added a pop of color while doubling as practical items for guests.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
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The materials also mold to your feet over time, increasing their comfort and personalizing their fit.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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In Platte County, population growth also contributes to the increasing demand for real estate.—
Madeline King,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The video shows Brown seated behind the victim before pulling out a folding knife and stabbing her multiple times without provocation.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Wild Land also packages in a standard folding mini-table that can be used right inside the tent as a low dining table or laptop workstation in conjunction with the folding mat that doubles as a lounge seat, also included standard.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, the West Coast may see continued increases ahead in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Nevada due to seasonal refinery maintenance and the shutdown of a refinery in Southern California, which will keep supply tight.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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But an increase in appreciation and funding isn’t the only thing needed to improve special education.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
8 Sep. 2025
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By catching bugs early, companies avoid multiplying costs and free engineers to focus on high-impact work, delivering long-term value.—
Oleg Sadikov,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Fourier transform does this for all possible frequencies, multiplying the original function by both sine and cosine waves.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
3 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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What used to take weeks or months could now be done in days, without duplicating work or introducing risk.—
Scott Woody,
Forbes.com,
1 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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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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Start by adding up n copies of a number — that’s just the definition of multiplication by n.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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