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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Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Southwest to start twice-daily flights to Nashville Also in March, Southwest Airlines will begin twice-daily flights to Nashville.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2026
Issacman is considered an ally of Musk as he’s twice paid to fly on SpaceX capsules to Earth orbit.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
Linebacker Derick Hall and lineman Byron Murphy sacked Maye twice.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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