Definition of twofoldnext
1
as in double
being twice as great or as many my reasons for buying the condo are twofold: first, it will serve as my vacation home, and second, it should turn out to be a good investment

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as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined the mission of the campaign is twofold: to reduce underage drinking and to reduce alcohol-related traffic accidents

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twofold

2 of 2

adverb

as in twice
to two times the amount or degree with the start of the recession, home foreclosures began increasing twofold

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Adjective
The takeaway for Sacramento-area craft beer fans is twofold. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 June 2026 Its motivations were twofold, according to government sources with knowledge of these policy decisions. Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026
Adverb
Cocaine production grew almost twofold between 2022 and 2024, according to United Nations estimates. Manuel Rueda, Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2026 The appeal for young people, experts say, seems to be twofold — a disenchantment with other institutions and with the growing loneliness of life lived on social media, together with a church that, starting with Pope Francis, has focused less on doctrine and more on social justice. ABC News, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for twofold
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Adjective
  • Ambiguity, subtext, double meanings, and metaphor course through all of them.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • And companies in the entertainment, media and tech sectors are responding by spending substantially more on CEO security, by double — and in some cases triple — digits.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Banks still undecided Soccer player Noahkai Banks, the dual German-American citizen, has not decided who to play for internationally, despite being in consideration for the 2026 World Cup.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Two rail gauges will meet The CKU project has adopted a dual-gauge design to resolve the long-standing technical dispute.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But Alabama has owned this series, with Kentucky winning just twice in 42 meetings since 1917, most recently in 1997.
    Justin Williams, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Jet fuel burns as hot as kerosene — twice as hot as wood — and firefighters battle kerosene fires every day in the basements of tenements all over the city.
    Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • Binary thinking doesn’t work There is a long history of binary thinking about addictive goods.
    Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Yet the franchise gave audiences a galaxy brimming with desert planets, ocean worlds, binary sunsets, and countless versions of Earth.
    Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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  • In the early stage of the trip, the twin-engine jets headed for Alaska and passed over Greenland, where an Airbus A400M support plane capable of landing on ice was stationed.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Strahan described the chaos in New York City amid the rescue efforts and the accompanying bomb threats and noted that the Giants could still see smoke from the twin towers from the team’s practice fields.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Twofold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twofold. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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