as in increase
the act or process of becoming greater in number
there's been a steady multiplication in our attic of obsolete video equipment as new technologies come on the market
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Recent Examples of multiplication
Start by adding up n copies of a number—that’s just the definition of multiplication by n.
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Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 14 Sep. 2025
Leadership Development Approach From the outset of launching Apex, Iftiu acknowledges that his biggest learning curve involved shifting focus from personal production to leadership multiplication.
—William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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
The differences might be small, but recall that the operation is adding up many multiplications, so the noise gets magnified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
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Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 14 Sep. 2025
Leadership Development Approach From the outset of launching Apex, Iftiu acknowledges that his biggest learning curve involved shifting focus from personal production to leadership multiplication.
—William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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
The differences might be small, but recall that the operation is adding up many multiplications, so the noise gets magnified.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiplication
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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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Nonfood-contact surfaces have accumulation of soil.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches above 9000 feet with localized amounts of 14 or more inches in the highest peaks.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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So, too, was Monday night when the Panthers saw the latest addition to their jewelry collection during a private ceremony at the War Memorial Auditorium on the eve of their 2025-26 season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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Looks like a decent loan addition.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Multiplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiplication. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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