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as in increases
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors
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as in rises
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
with each attempt the problems multiplied
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Recent Examples of multiplies
Apparently, Nevada multiplies those in attendance by pi, given an in-house estimate of about 6,000 (announced was 19,473).
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Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Shareability multiplies your impressions without multiplying your budget.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The chatbot listed several possible causes, but focussed on cyclospora, a parasite that multiplies in fresh produce and generally needs about a week to mature.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Greed taxes wisdom, while generosity multiplies it.
—Yasir Hashmi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Players can add the Power Play option for an extra dollar, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes up to 10 times.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Shareability multiplies your impressions without multiplying your budget.
—Erik Huberman, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The chatbot listed several possible causes, but focussed on cyclospora, a parasite that multiplies in fresh produce and generally needs about a week to mature.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Greed taxes wisdom, while generosity multiplies it.
—Yasir Hashmi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Players can add the Power Play option for an extra dollar, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes up to 10 times.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiplies
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The former is a young plant company, which propagates seedlings and ships them off to be planted worldwide.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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Understanding how heat propagates in such states may improve models of their evolution and internal structure.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Environmental Exposures Being around certain chemicals and substances increases the risk of stomach cancer.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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The weather service offers 7-day forecasting, as uncertainty increases beyond a week out.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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This fall Frankenstein’s monster rises once more, summoned this time by Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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And his heater shows up as a heater and then rises.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hawley even reproduces the kidnapping scene from the film, but with Dorothy as the intended kidnapee.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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And in June, Erdős and Volodymyr Riabov posted a paper that reproduces Yau and Yin’s one-dimensional result for a broader class of band matrices.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Aug. 2025
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Stricter Rules Take Effect The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed earlier this year, expands the age range for able-bodied adults without dependents who fall under SNAP’s three-month time limit.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Johnston told Cartoon Brew that the movie expands the book's short, chaotic structure into a full-length story while staying true to Dahl’s humor.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Continuous delivery accelerates the feedback loop between users and developers, allowing real-world data from ongoing projects to refine solver precision and stability.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Outdoor Alliance explains that public lands may remain open while being largely unstaffed, which accelerates wear on trails and facilities and raises the cost of repair once funding resumes.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Avery’s model augments the traditional VC model.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Croup swells the upper area of the passageways— lungs are a separate issue.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, swells generated by Priscilla are expected to affect portions of the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Multiplies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiplies. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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