1
: on two occasions
twice absent
2
: two times : in doubled quantity or degree
twice two is four
twice as much
Examples of twice in a Sentence
I only wore it twice.
He has rehearsals twice a month.
He twice lost to younger opponents.
We visited them twice in 10 years.
The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
I've been there at least twice.
He must be twice her age.
The population is twice that of Canada.
The new one costs about twice as much.
He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
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Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist as the Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday night.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
He’s started just twice in the German Bundesliga for Bayern Munich this season.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2025
Continue reading here Tommy Brown, youngest MLB home-run hitter and player on 1947 Dodgers, dies at 97
KINGS
Alex Turcotte scored twice and added an assist as the Kings thumped the struggling Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Thursday night.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
He’s started just twice in the German Bundesliga for Bayern Munich this season.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Even after changing ownership twice, Tumblr has remained a home for niche fandoms and inside jokes that could only be discovered through intense curation.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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