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as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help
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as in doubled
to make twice as great or as many
if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone
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Recent Examples of redoubled
Robeson and his allies redoubled their activism after the State Department restricted their right to travel.
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Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Seeing Gaza in ruins has redoubled my determination to do two things.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump has given a tacit green light to the operation, even as his national security team has redoubled efforts to achieve a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
His sacrifice has steeled our resolve, redoubled our commitment and only increased our determination to save America at this critical turning point.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Local authorities, under increasing national pressure to take action against Tren de Aragua, redoubled their displays of vigilance.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
As previously mentioned, Real Madrid has redoubled its efforts to overcome its archrival Barcelona.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Instead, Swift has redoubled her efforts.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
There, Chase redoubled his commitment to expanding equality for women.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Seeing Gaza in ruins has redoubled my determination to do two things.
—Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
Trump has given a tacit green light to the operation, even as his national security team has redoubled efforts to achieve a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
His sacrifice has steeled our resolve, redoubled our commitment and only increased our determination to save America at this critical turning point.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Local authorities, under increasing national pressure to take action against Tren de Aragua, redoubled their displays of vigilance.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
As previously mentioned, Real Madrid has redoubled its efforts to overcome its archrival Barcelona.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Instead, Swift has redoubled her efforts.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2025
There, Chase redoubled his commitment to expanding equality for women.
—Anne Halsey, JSTOR Daily, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubled
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Even as American political polarization has intensified over the last eight years, both Republicans and Democrats have agreed that an increasingly powerful Beijing poses an economic, technological, and security threat to Washington and its close allies.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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That talk of the Chiefs being helped by officials has continued into this season, and that only intensified when the virtual measurement showed the Commanders were 5 inches short of the first down.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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The survey found that the number of Americans taking drugs like semaglutide (which include the brands Ozempic and Wegovy) or tirzepatide (under the brands Zepbound and Mounjaro) for weight loss more than doubled over the past year and a half.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Usher more than doubled that return with the 2010-11 OMG World Tour, which grossed $75 million; the trek landed in seventh place on Billboard’s Top Tours chart in 2011.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
28 Oct. 2025
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Canada and Mexico have deepened ties, including promising to boost bilateral trade.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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And today, many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period, called the Smoot-Hawley tariff, greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.—
Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Just as the group’s base as increased to more than 100 people, its gatherings have evolved too beyond BTS visits to the Met.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Since the governor announced the proposal in August, the measure has only increased in popularity among Democrats — receiving support from former President Barack Obama and others.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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Council members call for more transparency Concerns among the community about the bayou deaths heightened when McKissic and others were unexplainably found dead within weeks of each other.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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Consider too that both after having a baby and during perimenopause, women may experience low libido, hair loss, and heightened anxiety.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
27 Oct. 2025
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Her ticket matched four white balls in the drawing, winning her a $50,000 prize that was multiplied to $100,000 because of the Power Play option.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Pew analysis uses the refined divorce rate, which is the number of divorces divided by the number of married women ages 15 and older, multiplied by 1,000, rather than the overall divorce rate, which measures divorces per 1,000 women regardless of their marital status.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The new sedan also integrates BYD’s latest Tianshen C driver-assistance suite, which adds adaptive cruise, lane-centering, and enhanced safety automation to support more comfortable long-distance driving.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The 8-mm manual focusing lens has a resolution of 256 × 192 pixels, which can be enhanced to simulate 512 × 384 pixels.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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Less than 24 hours later, Melissa strengthened to major hurricane status.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Although Voodoo had been present in Louisiana since the early 18th century, the influx of Haitian immigrants after the Haitian Revolution (1809), strengthened the practice in the region.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Redoubled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubled. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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