as in twice
to two times the amount or degree we were doubly certain of her guilt after we read the article in the newspaper

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Recent Examples of doubly And, accepting the premise that Christian referred only to those immigrants from European countries as stated in the History Museum’s research, who were these Christians who had to be doubly fined to cure them of consorting with their Negro counterparts? Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025 In Texas, refugee providers have been doubly impacted. Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 As Sunni Muslims in a Shia theocracy, and as non-Persian speakers in a state obsessed with homogenization, they are doubly marginalized. Jila Andalib, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2025 Some of those critics hold public office, however, and are doubly suspicious of a company with Chinese owners in a sector as critical as agriculture. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for doubly
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  • Topline The wage gap between CEOs and workers at the lowest-paying firms on the S&P 500 rose by almost 13% between 2019 and 2024, an analysis released Thursday shows, with CEO pay rising more than twice as quickly as that of the average worker.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Donna Adelson, 75, once accustomed to a life of luxury in Miami, faces a first-degree murder charge as well as conspiracy and solicitation to commit first-degree murder for the 2014 death of Dan Markel, who was fatally shot twice in the head while in his car in his Tallahassee garage.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Doubly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubly. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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