doubling 1 of 2

noun

Definition of doublingnext
as in increase

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doubling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of double
1
as in increasing
to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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2
as in folding
to lay one part over or against another part of double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubling
  1. increase
  2. increasing
  3. folding
  4. multiplying
  5. multiplication
  6. addition
  7. accumulation
Noun
  • That policy had already shifted, but an analysis found the county should go even further to discourage any increases in density in those areas, given how many structures are already at risk.
    Lauren Sommer, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
  • But several former chiefs with deep experience in LAFD tactics said most of the more than 40 available engines could have been pre-deployed to fire zones before the Palisades blaze started, while others were kept at stations to help with the increase in 911 calls.
    Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of increase
Verb
  • These are said to support the circadian clock and also stimulate the release of serotonin, thereby increasing concentration and well-being.
    Desireé Oostland, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Other storage facilities might park their cars nose-to-tail, causing delays in extracting them and increasing the risk of damage as they’re moved to let others out.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of increasing
Verb
  • However, its Optimus robots, seen folding laundry in a demo video earlier this year, were criticized for being operated by humans using controls, rather than acting autonomously.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
  • My proposal is that Healey, even standing at only 5 feet, 4 inches, pose for a folding chair photo with the Boston Celtics the way Dukakis did.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of folding
Verb
  • Looking down on his realm — a city infested by corruption scandals multiplying like mold spores — Carollo embraced the applause.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And the options are only multiplying.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of multiplying
Noun
  • This multiplication of human capability through AI assistance raises profound questions about the future of work and human value.
    John Werner, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Cocker’s lessons covered addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, as well as calculation with pre-decimal British currency and a gentle introduction to 17th-century England’s bamboozling array of weights and measures.
    James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of multiplication
Noun
  • In addition to her TV credits, Leakes is the founder of Ladies of Success, a circle formed for entrepreneurial women who are eating the fruits of their labor.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In addition to the Sunset Fire, crews are fighting to contain the rapidly spreading Palisades and Eaton fires, as well as the Hurst, Lidia and Woodley blazes.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of addition
Noun
  • While the amount of snowfall expected varied from state to state, up to nine inches of accumulation was possible in Alaska's Municipality of Skagway and New York's Wayne and Cayuga counties, the NWS said.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • To not have, earlier in our assigning process, decided to interrogate the fraught and fractured gender dynamics of wealth accumulation, of corporate influence, of power.
    Katie Drummond, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of accumulation
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