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double

adjective as in having two parts; twofold

verb as in make two of; make twice as large

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Speaking last year, the company's chief executive Atsushi Katsuki said it was aiming to double its share of of beverages with zero or low alcohol to 20% of its overall beverage sales.

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Senior coroner for Essex Lincoln Brookes described Ms Hempstead's death as a "double tragedy", having come just weeks after the death of her eldest daughter.

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But it’s the kind of choice that’s easier to forgive in a movie so well-attuned to shifts in perception, one that dimensionalizes the problem of achieving clarity when leading a double life.

Labour plans to double the period it takes to gain the status from five years to 10, and a consultation was announced in May as part of a package of plans to cut immigration.

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The pair, who were cremated following a double funeral, had both survived previous attempts on their lives.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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