redouble
verb
re·dou·ble
(ˌ)rē-ˈdə-bəl 
redoubled; redoubling; redoubles
1
: to make twice as great in size or amount
broadly
: intensify, strengthen
2
a
obsolete
: to echo back
b
archaic
: repeat
redouble
noun
Synonyms
Examples of redouble in a Sentence
They redoubled their efforts to finish the work on time.
Their efforts to finish the work redoubled as the deadline drew near.
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Insurance companies canceled policies, but in response, states redoubled support for homeowners, promising economic stability even if that insurance — required by most mortgage lenders — one day disappeared.
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
Now that the bill has been signed into law, conservationists are redoubling their efforts to save the remaining extant species of kāhuli.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Ls by 20 or more, yet would have to redouble their efforts to match the magic work of Mike Iuzzolino, Doug Smith and company three decades ago.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Trump must now choose between accepting a humiliating strategic defeat on the global stage and immediately redoubling American support for Ukraine while there’s still time.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
Now that the bill has been signed into law, conservationists are redoubling their efforts to save the remaining extant species of kāhuli.
—Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Ls by 20 or more, yet would have to redouble their efforts to match the magic work of Mike Iuzzolino, Doug Smith and company three decades ago.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Trump must now choose between accepting a humiliating strategic defeat on the global stage and immediately redoubling American support for Ukraine while there’s still time.
—Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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redouble
verb
re·dou·ble
(ˈ)rē-ˈdəb-əl
: to make or become doubled (as in size or amount)
redoubled their efforts
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