quadrupling

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as in doubling

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Recent Examples of quadrupling In an Instagram post May 12, Lomelin said the last four years of of business had been difficult due to rising costs, include the quadrupling of raw chocolate prices. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 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. — Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2026 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. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 For those investments to generate even a 10% return, Klement calculated that hyperscalers need to find $2 trillion to $5 trillion in additional annual revenue — a quadrupling of their current base, with no meaningful increase in costs. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 May 2026 Painful, yes, but nowhere near the quadrupling seen in 1973. — Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The study found a quadrupling in the number of megacities—urban areas with 10 million or more inhabitants—from eight in 1975 to 33 in 2025, with 19 of those in Asia. — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 Vendor financing — along with the doubling, tripling or quadrupling of companies’ valuations — is one of the unflattering echoes some analysts see in comparing today’s AI frenzy with the late-90s dot-com bubble. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 Lydia Toth, spokesperson for the association of Swiss chocolate manufacturers Chocosuisse, said the quadrupling of cocoa prices over the past two years had significantly increased production costs, squeezing manufacturers' margins, particularly given that retail prices tend to lag. — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
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  1. doubling
  2. increase
  3. tripling
Noun
  • Under Infantino’s proposal, each FIFA member country would have received an initial payment of $20 million and a doubling of their annual stipend to $5 million.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Arguably the subsequent doubling was due to a combination of surging Chinese demand and momentum trading, but even assuming that, the market tightness after the war ended kept prices on a long upward trajectory, not a rocket launch.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of doubling
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  • But, a number of studies have found similar connections between an increase in green spaces — especially trees that don't block residents' views — and a reduction in violence.
    — Tara Molina, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Economists’ estimated monthly employment gains of 95,000 jobs would mark an increase from June’s lower-than-expected 57,000 jobs added.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of increase
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  • His $72 dollar target on TeraWulf implies a tripling from here.
    — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • 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.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 June 2026
Definition of tripling

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