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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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Rights are due to be put out to tender this month and are likely to involve a six-year commitment - double the current length.

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He has a respectable average of 35.68 in 14 Tests in Australia - he has nine fifties - but his high score is stuck in double digits at 89.

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Gregor Gregerson, the founder of precious metals dealer and storage provider Silver Bullion, said he has seen customers numbers more than double in the last year.

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London had the highest total number of deaths, but the largest increases were in Nottingham, where the number of deaths doubled to 22, and in Exeter, where they more than doubled from eight to 21.

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Moreover, he said, the state law enforces a double standard.

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

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