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triple

[trip-uhl] / ˈtrɪp əl /
ADJECTIVE
having three of something
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That means they can set effective finance costs in the triple digits and higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

On paper, Seagate topped expectations with its report late Tuesday, and the company saw earnings per share nearly triple.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

According to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, since 1982 average annual gulf surface temperatures have warmed at nearly triple the rate of the world's oceans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Last year, general-purpose financial transfers from the central government to Xinjiang were around $55 billion, nearly triple the level in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It was not uncommon for a stockvel host to double, even triple, his investment.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

Around 77,000 people live here, but that number already triples during the summer due to incoming holidaymakers.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

As an outfielder this season, she’s hitting .538 with 49 hits, including 12 doubles, 10 triples and seven home runs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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

Many of these homes had begun life as single-family dwellings and about half remained such, the others having been divided into doubles or triples.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Operating income for the unit tripled to $11.1 billion.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The second tripled monthly sales but left when her university semester resumed.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

In the 30 mostly rural Washington counties most affected by RTO, the percentage of ballots postmarked late more than tripled compared to the 2022 primary, ProPublica found.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

At national landscape design and build platform Yardzen, demand for fire-resilient design has more than tripled since 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

We tripled the payment I had promised Wello.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Unusual weather conditions played a role, officials said, with the number of extreme heat warning days tripling from five in 2025 to 15 so far this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Assets under management for the four-year-old ETF totaled $1.9 billion as of Sept. 21, more than tripling from $640 million when MarketWatch spoke to Campbell in February.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

"That's why we are tripling investment over the next five years to halve spills from storm overflows and upgrade the capacity of 1,700 wastewater treatment works," a spokesperson said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Annual recurring revenue for Agentforce and Data 360-Salesforce’s AI products-reached nearly $3.9 billion in the quarter, more than tripling year over year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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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