as in increase
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as in increasing
to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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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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Noun
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Indeed, the complexities of contract negotiations extended far beyond the final proposals of 4% cost-of-living increases for teachers’ raises and thousands of additional staff members.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025 -
While inflation has cooled considerably from its peak above 9% in June 2022, the Federal Reserve wants to drive the annual rate of price increases to 2%, a goal that remains elusive.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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As president, Biden helped the country past the COVID pandemic, increasing the availability of testing and vaccines.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
31 Dec. 2024
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An increasing number of large and mid-size firms are reporting on their sustainability initiatives.—
Aliza Knox,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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
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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
Verb
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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
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And the options are only multiplying.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The entire chip had three layers of neurons performing matrix multiplications and two nonlinear function units in between.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
12 Jan. 2025
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Given this, there is no straightforward way to understand what a model is doing on an intuitive level, as from our perspective running inference on a model is nothing more than executing trillions of trivial operations such as addition and multiplication.—
Rahul Gudise,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lulu’s Keep Things Classy Floral Button-Up Shirt In addition to Miller, Kelly Clarkson is another famous face who has reached for a blouse lately.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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In addition to lots of water, professional voice actors will also deploy various tongue twisters, vocal scales, and other exercises to wake up the vocal muscles and brain.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Instead, existing plaque levels seemed to be a better predictor of future plaque accumulation.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This visceral fat is strongly linked to insulin resistance, inflammation, and a higher risk of fat accumulation in the liver.1 If a postmenopausal woman doesn’t experience overweight or metabolic syndrome, would her changing hormones still put her at greater risk for MASLD?—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Doubling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubling. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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