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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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Think Alex Ferguson ranting about west-coast bias in the 1980s, multiply it by 10 and you're in the right territory.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Those earnings are expected to multiply 10 times over two years through August 2027 amid shortages and fierce demand from artificial-intelligence data centers.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

In others who have previously been infected, immunosuppression can allow the virus to reactivate and multiply.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

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

If we multiply by a hundred thousand our sense of loss for this work of Aristarchus, we begin to appreciate the grandeur of the achievement of classical civilization and the tragedy of its destruction.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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