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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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The doubling of banana prices is due to a disease that is driving the Cavendish, the world’s most popular banana, toward near extinction, Lempert said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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Rheinmetall revealed that the technology will reduce the production costs of green hydrogen through lower investment in the overall system, accompanied by a doubling of power density or an improvement in efficiency of over 10%.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Jan. 2026
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When air temperature increases in the summer, a spider plant’s soil can dry out faster.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2026
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The weather is a major factor leading to price increases for the top two increases in our cart.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 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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While this represents a tripling of the previous $100 billion goal, representatives from developing countries remain skeptical.—
Brian Mukhaya,
Time,
24 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Quadrupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrupling. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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