as in triple
having three units or parts a threefold approach to solving the problem

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Recent Examples of threefold Nearly 300 million people around the world are facing extreme hunger, according to the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises recently released—a threefold increase in hunger since 2016. Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 Here’s a closer look at the threefold meaning of InnSaei: The sea within conjures up the borderless nature of our inner world. Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir, CNBC, 23 May 2025 And after 46 days competing, the contest – the largest online chess game ever held, according to Chess.com – ended in a draw after 32 moves when the public forced a threefold repetition in a queen endgame to earn a half-point for either side. Ben Morse, CNN Money, 21 May 2025 Alyssa Farah Griffin said the criminal justice system should follow a threefold approach: punishment, crime deterrence and rehabilitation. Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for threefold
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triple
Adjective
  • But the Braves came back with three runs in the eighth on an RBI single from Matt Olson, a run-scoring triple from the hot-hitting Ozzie Albies and a single from Drake Baldwin.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • And during peak wedding seasons, there are often triple bookings.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Threefold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threefold. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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