quadruple
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Also, in the new translation, readers will get even more of Wilson’s expertise: “I’m also going to quadruple the number of endnotes because endnotes are really fun to write.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Their rates start at 260 percent annually, quadruple those of banks, with the payments deducted from the workers' earnings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The 24-year-old, who's gunning for a historic quadruple win at the event this week, told BBC Newsbeat "the glam definitely helps that mentality because sprinting is such a confidence game".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It also signed a seven-year agreement with the U.S. government to quadruple production and accelerate delivery of infrared seeker for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptor missile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I’ve never broken a quadruple promise before, but one hour into our first job and I’m questioning why I thought caring for three children was a smart idea.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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When financing costs are added, the costs to ratepayers’ quadruples to more than $340 billion over the life of these projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Arteta certainly won't be talking about quadruples just yet - but Arsenal fans can dream can't they?
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Huang and her team have shown that their approach quadruples the resolution of conventional transmission electron microscopes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2024
He doubles, triples or quadruples the valuations of his assets in order to get loans from creditors, and drastically undervalues them to evade taxes.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
The flower quadruples in size, and the petals lengthen to catch her.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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After releasing positive data in the fall of 2025, its stock quadrupled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The UN's migration agency said on Saturday that, since July, 76,000 people had fled the fighting, a figure that had quadrupled since last week.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
But as Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, points out, the national debt has doubled in the last 10 years and quadrupled in fewer than 20 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Competition for degree apprenticeships in England has quadrupled over the past three years, the BBC has found.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yet the U.S. incarceration rate quadrupled, the Finnish rate fell by 60 percent, and the German rate was stable in that period.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Marathon earned $5.1 billion, quadrupling its profit from the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
After almost quadrupling from May 2025, the temptation to book profits had become irresistible.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Micron shares gained 232% this quarter, more than quadrupling this year, but are volatile amid investor interest.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Earlier this year, Lewin funneled $3.8 billion to a small arm of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quadrupling the budget of the agency.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Technology had been moving so quickly, doubling, tripling, quadrupling in power.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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