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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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Tripling volumes, hitting annual release dates like clockwork, minimizing risky capital investments and returning more than $1 trillion to shareholders through dividends and buybacks helped Cook multiply Apple’s valuation 13 times during his tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Canada would be very exposed if the import taxes multiply on both sides because 70% of its exports are to the US.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

The beach grows brighter as fires multiply from Malvarrosa down toward the port.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

To multiply rapidly, cancer cells activate certain genes far more strongly than healthy cells normally would.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

If the virus likes the cells, it will multiply.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

The prevailing theory is that the first to achieve AGI will secure a prize that multiplies itself: a self-training, recursively improving intelligence, growing exponentially and leaving all competitors in its wake.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 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

Each reuse multiplies the value of the original dataset, ensuring that no discovery is wasted, every contribution can spark the next breakthrough, and researchers gain recognition for their work.

From Science Daily Oct. 13, 2025

JON LEVY: A glue player is the team member who multiplies everyone else’s results, helping the team win.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 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

For an ice cream truck visiting a summer camp, the TAM is all the kids at the camp multiplied by how much ice cream each kid would buy that summer.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

From that game on, TV games featuring high school football multiplied and schools began to travel around the country for marquee matchups.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Lawmakers agreed on the need for regulation, as warnings have multiplied over the harmful affects of social media on children.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

When these creatine-deficient dendritic cells were grown alongside T cells in laboratory experiments, the T cells multiplied less and produced fewer signaling molecules needed to mount an effective anti-cancer response.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

A generation later, as wheat plants multiplied and spread, the harvest camp might have lasted for five weeks, then six, and finally it became a permanent village.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

A growing number of countries are taking steps to restrict social media access amid multiplying warnings over its harmful effects on children.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

If one of those changes allows a cell to survive a drug that kills other tumor cells, that resistant cell can continue multiplying.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

It might not be accurate, but it is close enough that people can apply their situation to it by multiplying up or down.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

Down and down they went, their buffer all but removed, their obsession about results elsewhere in the coming days multiplying as they went.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

“I sincerely hope you speak the truth, Elihu. These rebel committees are multiplying faster than rabbits in the spring. They’ve just about ground business to a halt.” ss “Have they interfered with you directly?”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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