as in double
to two times the amount or degree having been turned down before, he is twice shy about making any more marriage proposals

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Recent Examples of twice The younger man then allegedly shot him at least twice. Harry Harris, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025 This season, Los Angeles Philharmonic concert master Martin Chalifour will perform twice. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025 After also winning 124 straight in their national-record 184-game unbeaten streak, the Raiders have now done it twice. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025 The streaming platform has raised prices twice since launching (as Max) in May 2023. Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for twice
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  • Vásquez pitched around an error by Manny Machado and a single with two outs in the first inning, navigated a lead-off double in the second and allowed just two singles the rest of the way in his eighth quality start of the season.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Tinder had previously launched the double-dating feature and TinderU (dedicated to college students), but Modes allow for users to have a more dedicated space to browse matches.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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