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treble

[treb-uhl] / ˈtrɛb əl /


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Tyler's coffin was designed by her family to reflect her love of music, with a microphone and treble clef engraved on each side.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport seeks treble damages and a court order to bar the alleged anticompetitive practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is seeking treble damages, a court order barring the alleged anticompetitive practices and preliminary injunctive relief to prevent Amazon from terminating additional DSPs during the litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

But Liman denied Lively’s request for treble and punitive damages, concluding that the procedural mechanism her lawyers used permitted recovery of attorneys fees and costs but not broader financial penalties.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

I crack up as she plays another few riffs—trilling treble to rumbling bass.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

He added winning trebles was "the standard and expectation we've set".

From BBC Apr. 26, 2025

Midfielder Ferguson and winger McCann helped Rangers win two domestic trebles, with the former winning five league titles and 15 trophies over two spells.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2025

Defeat ended City’s bid to become the first English team to win back-to-back Champions League titles and its pursuit of successive trebles.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2024

Between 2016 and 2019, he delivered seven domestic trophies in a row, including an unbeaten debut domestic campaign and consecutive trebles.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2023

Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

What is more, the bill for his monthly payments then almost trebled to £981 a month, after it appeared he had now underpaid for the younger child still entitled to support.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

The number of days exceeding 30C in the UK more than trebled between 2015 and 2024 compared with the 1961-1990 average, according to the Met Office.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

In the final week of February, as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC Russian's audience more than trebled in size, reaching 10 million people.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

More positively, Ahmed assumes $200 million of costs will be removed by FY 2027 as WiseTech cuts a workforce that trebled in size over three years.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

The bank deposits, which had been trebled in a decade, had to earn interest on the additional 7 millions of money held and advanced.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

"They were heard by police to be describing 'not doubling the money, but trebling it'," said Nelson.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2026

Amsterdam, writes Mr. Mikhail, was “one of the most significant global metropolises” of the 17th century, its population trebling between 1585 and 1622.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Disney also announced four new cruise ships - on top of four others it had previously announced - almost trebling the size of its current fleet by 2031.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2024

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the tax will raise about £760m in 2024-25, so trebling the rate is estimated to raise an extra £1.5bn.

From BBC May 29, 2024

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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