multiply
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Canada would be very exposed if the import taxes multiply on both sides because 70% of its exports are to the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
His subsequent research showed that these precursor cells multiply dramatically around the edges of brain wounds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The beach grows brighter as fires multiply from Malvarrosa down toward the port.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Census Bureau, and is expected to multiply fourfold over the next 30 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
With training, a person could multiply with Indian numerals faster than an abacist could tally.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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But as heat waves become more frequent, the bill multiplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Datadog, down 25%, and Snowflake, down 41%, are in this group, too, although they’re younger companies trading at high multiplies of earnings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
As his audience multiplies, Fish’s earliest followers remain enthralled by his seemingly infinite rise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Each reuse multiplies the value of the original dataset, ensuring that no discovery is wasted, every contribution can spark the next breakthrough, and researchers gain recognition for their work.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2025
I know that death is never added to death; it multiplies.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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In Cibolo, a city north of San Antonio with a population of 36,000, an authority grant multiplied the number of Flock cameras from 11 to 52.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
For an ice cream truck visiting a summer camp, the TAM is all the kids at the camp multiplied by how much ice cream each kid would buy that summer.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
But attacks have multiplied in 2026, particularly in the Gulf of Aden between Somalia and Yemen, which links the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
From that game on, TV games featuring high school football multiplied and schools began to travel around the country for marquee matchups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
In 1676, Robert Hooke figured out that the force exerted by a spring, f, was a negative constant, –k, multiplied by the distance, x, that you’ve stretched it: f = –kx.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Dormant cells, however, are not actively multiplying, which can make them much harder to eliminate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
It might not be accurate, but it is close enough that people can apply their situation to it by multiplying up or down.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The most in-demand products are server racks that house AI processing cards -- a key component for the data centers multiplying across the United States.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
But even the number of claimed interceptions shows how the attacks are multiplying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Take an imaginary situation in which a population of a million insects is multiplying five times in each generation.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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