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as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors
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as in to rise
to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
with each attempt the problems multiplied
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Recent Examples of multiply
The biggest single case involves Liberty Bank, which moved to foreclose on Sunlight properties when the company’s legal troubles were quickly multiplying in 2022.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Rosin said Russia's plan involves creating new military units and multiplying the prewar force along its border with NATO by two to three times.
—Emma Burrows The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
The questions multiplied, each driven by the same instinct to protect and survive.
—Adrianne Wright, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
Barclays estimates that after only four years of ownership, L’Oréal has already multiplied Prada Fragrances by five times to more than 500 million in revenues at the end of 2024.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Rosin said Russia's plan involves creating new military units and multiplying the prewar force along its border with NATO by two to three times.
—Emma Burrows The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026
The questions multiplied, each driven by the same instinct to protect and survive.
—Adrianne Wright, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
Barclays estimates that after only four years of ownership, L’Oréal has already multiplied Prada Fragrances by five times to more than 500 million in revenues at the end of 2024.
—Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for multiply
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The sterile males then mate with females, who only reproduce once in a lifetime.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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In many instances, the images were created by anonymous photographers and reproduced as postcards.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The program will start with 3,000 volunteers to be selected next summer and will gradually increase to 10,000 per year by 2030.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Allowing its use on these two common crops will drastically expand how much is applied and increase harm, advocates say.—
Michael Phillis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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That leads to high temperatures, which create a glowing protostar due to the rapid (kinetic) motion of the internal gas particles, and eventually, after a few tens of millions of years, the core temperatures rise high enough (above 4 million K or so) that nuclear fusion of hydrogen begins.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Feb. 2026
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The information will be incorporated into the NEMO ocean model, which forms part of the UK Earth System Model, improving predictions as polar ice loss accelerates with rising global temperatures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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Seeds are collected so more plants can propagate.—
Susan Montoya Bryan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Using her background in cellular biology, Gueble propagated cell cultures that mirrored cancerous cells lacking MGMT and MMR.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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For many schools, that means expanding technical education classes, building partnerships with local businesses, and getting creative with transporting teens — some just on the cusp of learning to drive — to part-time work.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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Powered by rapid advances in embodied intelligence, China’s humanoid robots are advancing rapidly, expanding their potential roles in both industrial settings and home environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Senate’s bill would tie some community development grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to housing production, offering bonuses to local governments that accelerate homebuilding while reducing funding for those that fall behind.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, even the most cognitively challenging tasks that humans excel at can also be augmented by AI.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The fork in the road was right there in front of them, one a direction of resetting, one of augmenting.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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The arrival of the ATM famously led to the employment of more bank tellers, just as the introduction of Excel swelled the ranks of accountants and Photoshop spiked demand for graphic designers.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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When bleeding or swelling inside one of these compartments builds up, pressure rises and begins to squeeze the muscles, nerves and blood vessels.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Multiply.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/multiply. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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