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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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As a facultative anaerobic bacterium, it thrives in both oxygen rich and oxygen poor environments, allowing it to multiply inside the oxygen deprived regions commonly found within tumors.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Leveraged ETFs designed to multiply gains on the stock are deeply in the red.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Perhaps you can see how the metaphors between the backrooms and the internet itself multiply from here: Like the backrooms, one can lose oneself forever in the internet.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2026

Cells, similar to those which line the womb, start to grow in other parts of the body - such as on the bowel or in the lungs - and multiply, creating raw and angry sores.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

With training, a person could multiply with Indian numerals faster than an abacist could tally.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Nuclear proliferation just multiplies the odds that there’s going to be a mistake or miscalculation that causes nuclear weapons to be used, so the world should definitely be focused on not allowing more nuclear countries.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

The U.S. skilled workforce is aging fast, while demand for workers in the trades multiplies quickly because of surging data center demand and investment in advanced manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Datadog, down 25%, and Snowflake, down 41%, are in this group, too, although they’re younger companies trading at high multiplies of earnings.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

As his audience multiplies, Fish’s earliest followers remain enthralled by his seemingly infinite rise.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

Ebola attacks connective tissue with particular ferocity; it multiplies in collagen, the chief constituent protein of the tissue that holds the organs together.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Yet these settings solve the hardest problem in friendship formation: proximity multiplied by repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Rumors have run rampant for weeks over the couple's wedding, with no official confirmation, but clues have multiplied around Madison Square Garden.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Each factor is multiplied together to produce an overall estimate of the likelihood that life exists.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

This is multiplied many times over throughout defense spending and dealing with climate change.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

It’s a scene from my old kitchen, where my mother treated the dying, multiplied by ten, by fifty, by a hundred.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

To distribute the funds, each child’s amount is calculated by multiplying the fund’s value by their share of units.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

Newton's equation calculates gravitational force by multiplying two masses together, dividing by the square of the distance between them, and multiplying by big G. Written mathematically, the law is expressed as Gm1m2/r2.

From Science Daily May 18, 2026

Breeding, says Paul Arens of Wageningen University & Research, "is the art of throwing away", discarding those plants which don't match your ambitions, but it also the art of multiplying what's left.

From BBC May 14, 2026

The potential for manipulation is multiplying with AI.

From Barron's May 10, 2026

He did it to stop the vacant lots from multiplying.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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