sixfold
adjective
six·fold
ˈsiks-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having six units or members
2
: being six times as great or as many
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That would be a roughly sixfold increase over 2015, the year before the fentanyl crisis began.
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Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Since North Carolina began using Heads Up Real Time last year, seat belt violations have risen sixfold and phone violations have increased ninefold, Acusensus said in a news release.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
Over the last five years,the country increased the number of smart city projects sixfold to over 400.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
One study found that between 1985 and 2009, the percentage of button battery ingestions that led to serious or deadly injuries had risen more than sixfold.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Since North Carolina began using Heads Up Real Time last year, seat belt violations have risen sixfold and phone violations have increased ninefold, Acusensus said in a news release.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
Over the last five years,the country increased the number of smart city projects sixfold to over 400.
—Marina Lopes, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
One study found that between 1985 and 2009, the percentage of button battery ingestions that led to serious or deadly injuries had risen more than sixfold.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Sixfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixfold. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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