DOUBLED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

doubled

verb

past tense of double

as in increased

to make twice as great or as many we doubled our investment in six months

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as in folded

to lay one part over or against another part of double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead

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Recent Examples of doubled Patients reported easier walking, climbing stairs and bending, while overall quality-of-life scores more than doubled over the 12-month follow-up period. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Rents in Berlin have nearly doubled since 2014, but much of the increase can be explained by an expanding cocktail of regulations. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 The Bears scored three rushing touchdowns, which doubled the Falcons’ season total, but their collective success on running plays paled in comparison to their body of work throughout the season. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party won an additional 23 seats in the lower house and nearly doubled its Senate seats, mostly at the expense of centrist parties. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Charter prices for supertankers have doubled—keeping the price of oil above $110 per barrel. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Refugees are still coming across the border, which has more than doubled the number of Sudanese refugees. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Now, the team behind the title (which has doubled in size since last October) has decided to celebrate its digital win in the physical world. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 The total owed exceeded $40 trillion earlier this year and has more than doubled over the last decade. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026

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During a July 27 Highfill Water and Sewer Committee meeting, Kahrl reported the number of active water meters in the city increased from 2,077 to 2,285 over 12 months.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
More recently, the evolution of AI has increased the ease with which these websites can be populated with content, eliminating the need to pay writers and automating the production of social media posts.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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Deadline hears that the BBC has held tentative discussions about whether Sounds could be folded in with iPlayer to create a single streaming service for video and audio, not unlike Netflix and YouTube.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2026
Netflix, for example, puts the TV show or movie on the top half, and video controls on the bottom half when folded in that position.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

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Sawie has worked with OCA to provide technical support for seed selection, testing, monitoring and quality assurance to help establish a reliable supply of organic cotton seed that can be multiplied and made widely available to farmers.

— Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
The official said that Rubio had grown increasingly frustrated as the reports multiplied.

— Matthew Lee, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of multiplied

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Those who voted on Issue 7A but were not eligible to do so will have their ballots duplicated onto the correct ballot style, state officials said.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The company started scanning repositories for credentials, began alerting users that their credentials were exposed, and even set up default push protections to prevent affected repositories from being duplicated.

— Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026