quadrupling

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Recent Examples of quadrupling In an Instagram post May 12, Lomelin said the last four years of of business had been difficult due to rising costs, include the quadrupling of raw chocolate prices. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products. Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products. Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 For those investments to generate even a 10% return, Klement calculated that hyperscalers need to find $2 trillion to $5 trillion in additional annual revenue — a quadrupling of their current base, with no meaningful increase in costs. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026 Painful, yes, but nowhere near the quadrupling seen in 1973. Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 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. 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 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
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Noun
  • Suarez’ plan would reverse the existing incentives, restricting new hotel development to a height of 50 feet while upping the cap for residential to 75 feet, with a doubling of the allowable square footage in most places.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • The road’s opening resulted in a near doubling of total cars visiting the park in just one year, park staff said in an Instagram post.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • State leaders have introduced Assembly Bill 1383, which undermines crucial PEPRA guardrails, granting an unfunded pension benefit increase to first responders by reducing their retirement age.
    Zachary Christensen, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
  • Critics warn that dramatic increases could force small businesses to reduce hiring, automate more jobs, or raise prices.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
Noun
  • His $72 dollar target on TeraWulf implies a tripling from here.
    Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • That's according to the country's Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said that amounts to a tripling of such baptisms compared to 10 years ago.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 June 2026

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“Quadrupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrupling. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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