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as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help
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as in doubled
to make twice as great or as many
if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone
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Recent Examples of redoubled
The race to electrification is being redoubled, especially in Asia, which took the most painful hits in the past few months.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
The government has redoubled its campaign for quicker EV adoption, framing it as a critical buffer against external supply shocks.
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ABC News,
8 May 2026
As the war in the Middle East and the surge in crude prices provide a windfall to the Kremlin, Kyiv has redoubled its efforts to hobble Russia’s energy production.
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Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
So, investigators redoubled their efforts to try to learn more.
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Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.
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Ara H. Merjian,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Kelly also questioned Festinger, Schachter, and Riecken’s claim that the Seekers redoubled their efforts to spread their message.
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Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
With a team of thousands under his command, Hassabis has redoubled the company’s efforts on large language models, OpenAI’s stronghold.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
17 Dec. 2025
So India looked for other partners, including in the developing world, and redoubled its efforts to build a nuclear program, which could provide an independent deterrent and help hedge against overreliance on the Soviet Union.
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Tanvi Madan,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
16 June 2026
The government has redoubled its campaign for quicker EV adoption, framing it as a critical buffer against external supply shocks.
—
ABC News,
8 May 2026
As the war in the Middle East and the surge in crude prices provide a windfall to the Kremlin, Kyiv has redoubled its efforts to hobble Russia’s energy production.
—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
So, investigators redoubled their efforts to try to learn more.
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Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
The disjunction between the abstract composition and the notion of self-portraiture appeared perplexing in its own right; its inoperability only exacerbated the viewer’s frustration and redoubled the artist’s impish provocation.
—
Ara H. Merjian,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Kelly also questioned Festinger, Schachter, and Riecken’s claim that the Seekers redoubled their efforts to spread their message.
—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2025
With a team of thousands under his command, Hassabis has redoubled the company’s efforts on large language models, OpenAI’s stronghold.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
17 Dec. 2025
So India looked for other partners, including in the developing world, and redoubled its efforts to build a nuclear program, which could provide an independent deterrent and help hedge against overreliance on the Soviet Union.
—
Tanvi Madan,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubled
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Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian energy infrastructure this year, causing fuel shortages in parts of Russia.
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Gymshark’s growth has slowed as competition has intensified and consumers have become more cautious about spending.
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Crawford, playing his 1,000th career game, doubled to start the bottom of the sixth for the first hit of the night.
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Meanwhile, the increase jobs with AI as a prerequisite has more than doubled.
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Recent workplace shifts have deepened the loneliness epidemic.
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The continued seismic activity has deepened fears among residents already traumatized by the disaster.
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And Harleys has entirely redesigned the rear -suspension and increased its travel 117 per cent to five inches (13 cm).
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The share of workers with hybrid schedules has increased a bit, while the share in fully remote positions has only seen a slight decline.
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The result is a looming structural deficit that will lead to higher prices, greater reliance on higher emitting alternatives in some regions, and heightened geopolitical risk for importing nations.
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San Jose Fire Chief Robert Sapien warned that fire dangers are especially heightened this season.
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The number of animals in his care has multiplied since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, as hundreds of thousands of southern Lebanon residents fled and were unable to take their pets or farm animals.
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Beside the foreign brigades and their dogs, Venezuelan teams like K-Sar Ecid worked as peers; the collaboration multiplied what neither could have achieved alone.
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It isn't intended to be enhanced by treating the inmate with hostility and cruelty.
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Others, already on the flight home, leave with their reputations enhanced, their followers multiplied and their place in World Cup folklore secure.
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Away from social media, the roommates have settled into simple traditions that have only strengthened their friendship.
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Flag football’s prolific growth has strengthened the sport at every amateur level from peewees to the Olympics and led to the NFL’s $32 million commitment for men’s and women’s professional flag leagues to debut next year.
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