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doubling

[duhb-ling] / ˈdʌb lɪŋ /
NOUN
rise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acceleration advance ascent boost climb growth hike increment inflation progress surge upsurge upswing upturn
STRONG
accession accretion addition advancement aggrandizement augmentation breakthrough distention enlargement heightening intensification intensifying markup multiplication promotion raise step-up swell upgrade waxing
WEAK
piling up stacking up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease failure hindrance stagnation
STRONG
deduction lessening reduction shrinkage subtraction
WEAK
drop fall slump worsening

Example Sentences

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Apellis stock surged to $41.04 in premarket trading, more than doubling in value.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The gamma-ray emission continued for at least seven hours, nearly doubling the duration of the previous record holder.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Ministers have now imposed statutory guidance to accelerate take-up, with the aim of doubling the number of participating councils.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

That implies Pony.ai can scale from hundreds of robo-taxis to tens of thousands, or a doubling every year for the next three or four years.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

By his death in 1493, Thupa Inka had sent his armies deep into Ecuador and Chile, doubling the size of Tawantinsuyu again.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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