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Recent Examples of quadrupling
The study found a quadrupling in the number of megacities—urban areas with 10 million or more inhabitants—from eight in 1975 to 33 in 2025, with 19 of those in Asia.
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Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Vendor financing — along with the doubling, tripling or quadrupling of companies’ valuations — is one of the unflattering echoes some analysts see in comparing today’s AI frenzy with the late-90s dot-com bubble.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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
Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Vendor financing — along with the doubling, tripling or quadrupling of companies’ valuations — is one of the unflattering echoes some analysts see in comparing today’s AI frenzy with the late-90s dot-com bubble.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrupling
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Trump's prediction of a doubling would require roughly 100% returns, which is not something any serious forecaster is modeling.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This doubling of the diurnal might happen once a year.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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For 17 consecutive months now, the country has seen a year-on-year increase in monthly births, according to the latest figures released in January.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The company’s financial results were buoyed by strong performances from Taco Bell and KFC, which saw same-store sales increase by 7% and 3% in the fourth quarter, respectively.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Idaho experienced a tripling of its residential land value in the 10 years studied, while Nevada was close with a 293% increase.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
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Meta, Amazon and Google signed a pledge in March supporting the tripling of global nuclear energy production by 2050.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Quadrupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrupling. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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