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triple

[trip-uhl] / ˈtrɪp əl /
ADJECTIVE
having three of something
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To put the final touches on the Dodgers’ offensive effort, Kyle Tucker hit a sacrifice fly and Tommy Edman hit a bases-clearing triple for a four-run Dodgers rally in the eighth inning.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Angry scenes have erupted outside a court after the family of a woman killed in a triple fatal car crash confronted a garage owner who falsified an MOT just weeks before.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

"We were watching our rent double or triple in the span of a year or two," he says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

These figures are triple and double the national average for girls and boys, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

What we had here was worse: a triple calamity fallen on the house of these poor parents.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Webb 12, Rolling Hills Prep 6: Sophomore Aidan Kaushal finished with two triples, a double and four RBIs while senior Alec Kaushal added three hits to help Webb win the Division 9 championship.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Moderna’s first-quarter revenue more than triples to $389 million, leading to a narrower quarterly loss of $1.34 billion.

From Barron's May 1, 2026

That number nearly triples in the next older cohort of 60 to 64, and jumps to nearly 70% by the ages of 65 to 69.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

Or, perhaps, it’s simply that triples really is best: a blitzed corn chip base, a sweet corn body and a final, salty flurry of chips on top.

From Salon Apr. 16, 2026

Many of these homes had begun life as single-family dwellings and about half remained such, the others having been divided into doubles or triples.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Its cloud business recorded more than $24 billion in the quarter, and its net profit tripled to over $112 billion.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Hospital admissions related to those two conditions have doubled and nearly tripled in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Pentagon spending on the 15 highest-valued defense startups tripled from 2022 but was under 1% of total contractor dollars last fiscal year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Yousif told AFP demand had tripled, while prices for some recycled plastics increased by up to 60 percent.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

They rode their own forebear or doubled or tripled up on someone else’s.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Tit-for-tat corruption can be difficult to prove, but more than tripling what you’re making one year into your term suggests that all is not on the level here.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Shares need a boost: After more than tripling in 2025, D-Wave has been a laggard this year, falling 8.3%.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The complex, which also includes six smaller temples, draws 70,000 to 80,000 devotees daily, with crowds tripling on weekends and festivals.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Chip exports reached a new monthly all-time high of $37.16 billion in May, nearly tripling from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

Technology had been moving so quickly, doubling, tripling, quadrupling in power.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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