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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The analysis also found that women are driving the growth of the U.S. workforce, as the labor participation rate among prime age women (25-54) grew twice as fast last year as the rate for prime age men.
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Kate Duchene, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
And gross domestic product per capita, a common measure of living standards, is twice as high in the US as in the EU.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
After Spotting 'Fixated' Man in Crowd ESPN reported that Raducanu had been approached by the man twice off the court during her time in Dubai leading up to the match.
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The fabric and craft retailer even filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in the last year to help pay off debts.
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Kate Duchene, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
And gross domestic product per capita, a common measure of living standards, is twice as high in the US as in the EU.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
After Spotting 'Fixated' Man in Crowd ESPN reported that Raducanu had been approached by the man twice off the court during her time in Dubai leading up to the match.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
The fabric and craft retailer even filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice in the last year to help pay off debts.
—Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twice
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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