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Recent Examples of tripling
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.
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ABC News,
1 June 2026
Chart created by the author The tripling of years on air for the prime time lineup is spread across many, but not all, genres.
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Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
This milestone represents a tripling of ARR in two years.
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Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
The impetus for the monthly spending limit was a tripling of insulin’s price from 2002 to 2013, an editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine reminds us.
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Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
In the first half of the 2020s South Africa grew roughly 20,000 tons of rooibos tea every year, a tripling of production since the 1990s.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
However, after four years of war, the combination of exclusion from European markets and a tripling of military spending has led to economic stagnation and mounting pressure on living standards.
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Elizaveta Gaufman,
The Conversation,
21 Feb. 2026
The average asking prices for nightly stays have skyrocketed, more than doubling and tripling.
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Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
This proposal could result in an effective tripling of the City's population that is hovering right around 5,000 citizens.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Chart created by the author The tripling of years on air for the prime time lineup is spread across many, but not all, genres.
—
Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
This milestone represents a tripling of ARR in two years.
—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
The impetus for the monthly spending limit was a tripling of insulin’s price from 2002 to 2013, an editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine reminds us.
—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
In the first half of the 2020s South Africa grew roughly 20,000 tons of rooibos tea every year, a tripling of production since the 1990s.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
However, after four years of war, the combination of exclusion from European markets and a tripling of military spending has led to economic stagnation and mounting pressure on living standards.
—
Elizaveta Gaufman,
The Conversation,
21 Feb. 2026
The average asking prices for nightly stays have skyrocketed, more than doubling and tripling.
—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
21 Feb. 2026
This proposal could result in an effective tripling of the City's population that is hovering right around 5,000 citizens.
—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tripling
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Amodei predicts that, over the next five to ten years, AI will achieve, among other things, the reliable prevention and treatment of nearly all natural infectious disease, the elimination of most cancer, the prevention of Alzheimer’s and a doubling of the human lifespan.
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However, climate change alone doesn’t seem to explain the sudden doubling of tornado numbers in Illinois over the last four years, or the state’s current count compared with others, especially given that planetary warming has been observed as a long-term trend since the mid-20th century.
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Earthquakes are measured by magnitude on a logarithmic scale — so each whole number increase translates to 32 times more energy released by the quake.
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Economists have warned the increase in tax revenue is temporary and note persistent gaps between spending and revenue.
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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.
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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.
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“Tripling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tripling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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