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as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors
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as in to rise
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
with each attempt the problems multiplied
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Recent Examples of multiply
School permission slips, bills, coupon mailers, and appliance manuals multiply quickly.
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
The cost per $1,000 was determined by dividing the average premium that companies charge policyholders by the average risk exposure and multiplying by 1,000.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
So, if Maryland really builds 8,500 MW of OSW with a capacity factor of 43%, these numbers multiply out to a total Maryland liability of $2.8 billion per year, for 20 years.
—Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2025
Integrating more servers multiplies the risk from email systems to database access and image generation APIs.
—Kiran Elengickal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 17 June 2025
The cost per $1,000 was determined by dividing the average premium that companies charge policyholders by the average risk exposure and multiplying by 1,000.
—Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2025
So, if Maryland really builds 8,500 MW of OSW with a capacity factor of 43%, these numbers multiply out to a total Maryland liability of $2.8 billion per year, for 20 years.
—Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2025
Integrating more servers multiplies the risk from email systems to database access and image generation APIs.
—Kiran Elengickal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiply
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At the heart of the dispute was whether teams’ imagery can be used without consent to create unlicensed products when those products use historic artistic images, including those in the public domain, reproduced from vintage school memorabilia.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
1 July 2025
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The moisture can create a perfect haven, if bacteria is present, to reproduce when the baked potato cools down while wrapped in foil and hits a temperature of 135 F to 41 F.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Provider taxes States can boost federal Medicaid contributions to their states through what's known as a provider tax, often levying taxes on health care providers, which raises the overall cost of a service and therefore increases the portion reimbursed by the state.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Establishing a medical school here is expected to increase the likelihood of graduates practicing in the area, while addressing a national shortage of physicians.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2025
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Refill and reuse is a rising movement: both a return to commonsense practices our grandparents knew — and a path forward toward innovation.—
Rachel Bustamante,
Baltimore Sun,
28 June 2025
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That, however, may be a blessing in disguise that allows Fatu to rise up the ranks on SmackDown even quicker than expected.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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The New Risk Physics Twelve days of limited warfare revealed that risk now propagates along supply networks faster than along battle lines.—
Guney Yildiz,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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But the process is slow, especially when surviving trees are stressed and might not propagate.—
Christina Kelso,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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However, as has been the case with other annual shopping events, retailers expanded the promotional period to start May 13, a week earlier than in 2024, before ending June 18.—
Bernice Ooi,
CNBC,
20 June 2025
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Last year, his position expanded to include chief franchise officer.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
20 June 2025
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Putting oneself in those situations that challenge conversational comfort zones and embracing discomfort, tension and unresolved conflicts accelerates growth significantly.—
Chris Schembra,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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India’s space ambitions have accelerated under Modi, who was elected to a third term last June and has tried to assert India’s place on the global stage.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
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Next, executives will pull draft decks, key performance indicators (KPIs) and reports from internal systems and augment them with AI summarization of complex documents into executive digests.—
Paroon Chadha,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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LoPresti said southern flannel moths sting through venomous hairs that can cause burning, numbness, swelling, and in severe cases, nausea or full-limb inflammation.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2025
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Earlier this month, as anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles began to swell in size and fury, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video of an immigration raid in El Monte, California.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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“Multiply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiply. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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