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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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It was an intense and disorienting time if you were simply a fan of the music; multiply that by approximately a gigaton if you were anywhere adjacent.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

“We start to draw conclusions,” says Sammut, “whether that’s a golden pattern we want to multiply across their peers or whether it’s an anti-pattern that we want to coach our way out of.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

But Mayor Kate Gallego says the local population is growing tired of seeing data centers multiply in their communities, straining water supplies and a power grid that are already at breaking point.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

"And you multiply this by what's happening all over Birmingham and there are some very fed-up people, and I can understand people who say they're not going to pay their council tax," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

But what happens when you multiply by zero?

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