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Recent Examples of quadrupling
The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock roughly quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.
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Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.
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Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
For those investments to generate even a 10% return, Klement calculated that hyperscalers need to find $2 trillion to $5 trillion in additional annual revenue — a quadrupling of their current base, with no meaningful increase in costs.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
Painful, yes, but nowhere near the quadrupling seen in 1973.
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Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The study found a quadrupling in the number of megacities—urban areas with 10 million or more inhabitants—from eight in 1975 to 33 in 2025, with 19 of those in Asia.
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Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Vendor financing — along with the doubling, tripling or quadrupling of companies’ valuations — is one of the unflattering echoes some analysts see in comparing today’s AI frenzy with the late-90s dot-com bubble.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Lydia Toth, spokesperson for the association of Swiss chocolate manufacturers Chocosuisse, said the quadrupling of cocoa prices over the past two years had significantly increased production costs, squeezing manufacturers' margins, particularly given that retail prices tend to lag.
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Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
The maker of memory for computers has been a big winner this year, with its stock quadrupling, because the AI boom has created a surge of demand for its products.
—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
For those investments to generate even a 10% return, Klement calculated that hyperscalers need to find $2 trillion to $5 trillion in additional annual revenue — a quadrupling of their current base, with no meaningful increase in costs.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
Painful, yes, but nowhere near the quadrupling seen in 1973.
—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The study found a quadrupling in the number of megacities—urban areas with 10 million or more inhabitants—from eight in 1975 to 33 in 2025, with 19 of those in Asia.
—
Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Vendor financing — along with the doubling, tripling or quadrupling of companies’ valuations — is one of the unflattering echoes some analysts see in comparing today’s AI frenzy with the late-90s dot-com bubble.
—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
Lydia Toth, spokesperson for the association of Swiss chocolate manufacturers Chocosuisse, said the quadrupling of cocoa prices over the past two years had significantly increased production costs, squeezing manufacturers' margins, particularly given that retail prices tend to lag.
—
Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quadrupling
Noun
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Many firms already build plans around roughly 1% baseline productivity, so this expectation implies a near doubling of improvement.
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The doubling of the standard deduction from the 2017 tax law was made permanent and indexed for inflation.
Noun
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Hispanics or Latinos were the target of the biggest increase in racially or ethnically motivated hate crimes, according to the report.
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However, the report noted that much of this rise was due to an increase in the number of billionaires, not just three-comma club members getting richer.
Noun
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That's according to the country's Conference of Catholic Bishops, which said that amounts to a tripling of such baptisms compared to 10 years ago.
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Chart created by the author The tripling of years on air for the prime time lineup is spread across many, but not all, genres.
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“Quadrupling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quadrupling. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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