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triple

[trip-uhl] / ˈtrɪp əl /
ADJECTIVE
having three of something
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The mercury could hit triple digits across much of the Southland Tuesday through Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Angry scenes have erupted outside a court after the family of a woman killed in a triple fatal car crash confronted a garage owner who falsified an MOT just weeks before.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Lockheed and RTX, which makes the Patriot launcher system, have pledged to meet White House demands to triple or quadruple their output of some high-tech missiles over the coming years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

"We were watching our rent double or triple in the span of a year or two," he says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

He hit a triple, a ground-out, and two doubles.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

That doesn’t sound like a staggering difference, but with thousands of batted balls over the years, that’s a lot of outs turning into doubles, triples and home runs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

UBS maintains its buy rating and more than triples its price target to $1,625.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Moderna’s first-quarter revenue more than triples to $389 million, leading to a narrower quarterly loss of $1.34 billion.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

That number nearly triples in the next older cohort of 60 to 64, and jumps to nearly 70% by the ages of 65 to 69.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

He was also the only player in history to ever hit four triples in one game.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

Saudi exports via the Red Sea port of Yanbu approximately tripled to a record high of around four million barrels a day in the spring, according to analysts, before falling back slightly.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Hospital admissions related to those two conditions have doubled and nearly tripled in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Micron’s stock has roughly tripled this year, SK Hynix has risen nearly as much, and Samsung has about doubled.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Yousif told AFP demand had tripled, while prices for some recycled plastics increased by up to 60 percent.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Between 1920 and 1940, the population of southern California nearly tripled, as about 2 million people arrived from across the United States.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser

Tit-for-tat corruption can be difficult to prove, but more than tripling what you’re making one year into your term suggests that all is not on the level here.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

The president's crypto activities are the main reason for the near tripling of his personal fortune, which rose from $2.3 billion to $6.5 billion between 2024 and 2026, according to Forbes.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

The complex, which also includes six smaller temples, draws 70,000 to 80,000 devotees daily, with crowds tripling on weekends and festivals.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Venture capital funding for defense technology soared in 2025, with round values tripling from 2020 to reach $29 billion, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Adjusting for inflation, these figures reflect a tripling of justice expenditures since 1982.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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