How to Use manifold in a Sentence

manifold

1 of 2 adjective
  • The benefits of this approach are manifold.
  • The ways in which these threats present themselves are manifold.
    Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The manifold cipher of the sea frames the shores of Whitman’s poetry.
    Jeffrey Yang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017
  • The benefits for the Orioles with such a plan are manifold.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The lengthy criteria are manifold (and can be parsed here).
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020
  • And that, theater lovers, marks a man of not only manifold gifts, but also of many graces.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 31 July 2019
  • The legacy of this trauma, Heti suggests, passed down to her own mother and then to her, in manifold ways.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 13 May 2018
  • The human brain is the most complex organ on the planet, and the signs of its dysfunction are manifold.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • In March last year, the Supreme Court quashed the ban, which has led to a manifold rise in demand for virtual currencies in the country.
    Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 4 Aug. 2021
  • On the manifold there’s a separate shutoff valve for each line.
    Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • When the waiter brings our food and fluffs his lines describing its rare and manifold parts, the manager laughs and puts his arm around him.
    Rachel Cusk, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Feb. 2017
  • For high ticket value items, TikTok needs to branch out to the manifold user base.
    Abhik Choudhury, Quartz India, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The reasons for donating are manifold, ranging from the goodness of your heart to the goodness of a tax writeoff.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • At the time of the manifold work, mathematicians knew of at least two types of orbit closures: dense and closed.
    Quanta Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
  • But sweeping the country’s manifold sins under the rug does no one any favors.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 June 2021
  • For Sama tells the story of the siege, and manifold stories within the general story.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 June 2021
  • The astonishments in the four-part production are manifold—the surgeries, of course, but the stories, too.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This is the place where sake can be known in its accessible, manifold glories.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The issues the team faced were manifold, from identifying the best way to hook up blood vessels to pinpointing where to put the new kidney.
    Connor Lynch, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The previous design was susceptible to leaks, where the hot gas could seep through bolt holes used to attach the manifold to the engine.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 June 2023
  • The reasons to attempt to plumb the depths of your trauma at a resort—rather than in an office or over Zoom—are manifold, therapists said.
    Melinda Fulmer, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2024
  • These nomadic folks have scarcely a dollar among them, but their secrets are dark and manifold.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 26 July 2017
  • Their manifold flavors are a boon in this department, too.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But in a year of manifold losses, plays and musicals have found ways not simply to survive but also to thrive in new mediums.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
  • But fixing his new company and its manifold problems would force the rookie CEO to go beyond his core strengths.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Now is the time to stop the manifold contract violations and treat your inflight crew members with respect.
    John Samuelsen, Fortune, 29 June 2022
  • The advantages of making real progress on ESG are manifold.
    Sanda Ojiambo, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The pandemic—and its manifold impacts—is the biggest national disaster of the past half decade, Cowen wrote.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • But the sources of potential tension between Musk and Sandberg are manifold.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Carolyn was surprised that the robot could help with something as weighty and manifold as loneliness.
    Katie Engelhart, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
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manifold

2 of 2 noun
  • It was already known that many 3D manifolds cannot serve as a state space for any Anosov flows at all.
    Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • But Ford has said there is no pathway for exhaust to escape from the manifold into the car.
    Tom Krisher, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2018
  • The driver's-side exhaust manifold has been updated, too, and the camshaft timing on the exhaust side has been revised.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The sculpture includes nose cones taken from heat-seeking missiles and a spine made from a propane manifold.
    Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2013
  • The engine also gets the same intake manifold, oil filter adapter, and engine oil cooler as the GT350.
    Kyle Edward, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
  • The reasons for Hariprasad seeking a guru are manifold.
    Sathya Saran, Quartz India, 12 Jan. 2020
  • Orders from tier 2 and 3 cities have grown manifold for both companies, too.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The risks of deploying military force in the region are manifold.
    vanityfair.com, 6 July 2017
  • There will also be carbon-fiber versions of the heat shield for the rear exhaust manifold, the alternator cover, the front and rear fenders, the front brake ducts, and the swingarm cover.
    Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The reasons for the obsession are manifold, experts said.
    Sammy Caiola, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The whole top half of the engine—heads, intake and exhaust manifolds—is new, so the V-6 can breathe properly for the first time in its seventeen-year history.
    Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the agency hasn’t addressed some of its own manifold problems, and the House has held hearings detailing the dysfunction.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Chevy boasts of all sorts of quieting measures on and around the engine itself, such as acoustic padding for the intake manifold.
    Chris Amos, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2018
  • But in general, the curvature of manifolds can vary from one point to another.
    Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The company says a plastic engine intake manifold could be faulty, causing it to melt and deform, which could result in a fire.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 July 2019
  • Female dogs, cats and other mammals have manifolds on their chests so lots of little animals can feed at once.
    Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • There's a new cylinder head with a six-port exhaust manifold instead of the previous six-into-two design.
    David Beard, Car and Driver, 13 May 2020
  • For the winter months, a hot-air manifold heater captures and redirects heat from the engine into the passenger compartment.
    Vern Parker, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2020
  • As ample as the options in these complexion-centric palettes may be, the two new eye shadow palettes are even more manifold.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Engine blocks and body panels evolved from iron and steel to lightweight aluminum alloys while intake manifolds and oil pans were poured out of advanced plastics.
    Kyle Stock, Bloomberg.com, 17 May 2017
  • Engine blocks and body panels evolved from iron and steel to lightweight aluminum alloys, while intake manifolds and oil pans were poured out of advanced plastics.
    David Ingold, The Seattle Times, 21 May 2017
  • Experts say the reasons some people don’t report are manifold.
    Elizabeth Bernstein, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2018
  • Danhausen occupies a point of singularity in the manifold of artifice and truth that is the pro-wrestling universe: the place where the story and the show and the business intersect.
    Dan Brooks, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, if said horse race looped around some of London's largest landmarks, the audience would likely increase manifold—whether by choice or by accident.
    Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2018
  • According to people involved with the L.A. readings, the answer is manifold.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • From a technical side, all elements of each car will remain the same this weekend except for a tapered manifold spacer, which will be 57/64ths.
    John Sturbin, Dallas News, 10 June 2021
  • From a technical standpoint, all elements of each car will remain the same except for a tapered manifold spacer, which will be 57/64ths-inch.
    John Sturbin, Dallas News, 12 June 2021
  • For an athlete, the benefits of proper rest are manifold and the effects of sleep deprivation severe.
    Andrew Knoll, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2016
  • The constraints are manifold: pipeline limits, reduced flow from wells drilled too close together, low natural gas prices and high land costs.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas News, 12 July 2019
  • The car's infotainment computer directs vehicle controllers that talk to valves that move the air through a manifold.
    Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 9 Apr. 2020

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