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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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Recent Examples of twofold
Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
The immediate task, public health officials say, is twofold.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018
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Adjective
Topa started doing it last month, at the suggestion of his coaches, and the reasons are twofold.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 24 Aug. 2025
The immediate task, public health officials say, is twofold.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
Adverb
The mission of the project, in his view, was always twofold—extraordinary accuracy and affordability.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twofold
Adjective
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The addition of the Warlock-like floaty jump (sorry, there are just a lot of Destiny things) is very good, as is the base level double jump all characters have.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The patterns will suit any stripe preference, from the wider Pembroke in pine green and sandstone to the mini- and double-stripe options.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yet, in a dual-use conundrum, AI can also undermine mental health.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Fresh off Friday’s soft jobs report, the other side of the Fed’s dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability will take center stage in the coming days.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That same year Brown received about twice as many votes as Turner.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Drinkwitz, however, has seen the Ragin’ Cajuns twice in his career, both in his lone season at App State.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In that spirit, the exhibition resists the expectation that women and non-binary artists must define themselves in contrast to a male norm.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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New observations starting in 2028 may bring the tally of binary mergers to as many as 1,000 by around 2030, if the collaboration keeps its funding.—
Chad Hanna,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Metcalf died in his twin brother's arms.—
Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Kove talked about massive memory sharing to accelerate AI inference, Pliops was showing their AI-native memory stack and Cadence talked about complete digital twin data center design at the 2025 AI Infra Summit.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Twofold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twofold. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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