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[muhl-tuh-puhl] / ˈmʌl tə pəl /


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Borrowing from a playbook that worked well for economy tickets, airlines are starting to create multiple tiers of their most expensive seats.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

In September 2025, Larry Graves reported to animal services that the dog had bitten him multiple times in the right knee, chest and left forearm outside of a CVS store in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Roberts has multiple sclerosis and collapsed in January 2023, temporarily losing the use of her legs.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

South Korea's Kospi surged almost five percent in the opening minutes amid a revival of the AI trade that fuelled the market's eye-watering surge to multiple records this year.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Nathan carefully tapped his toe on the surface, and multiple ripples disrupted the calm surface and went beyond the reaches of the light and kept going in the darkness.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Back then, before the AI boom, the two groups traded at similar forward earnings multiples of around 15 to 16 times.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“With each look we would get excited about, we’d need to think, ‘Does it need multiples?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

If instead this was done on revenue per World Cup 2026 match, Fifa makes multiples of the Premier League, perhaps more than three times as much.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

And these sectors come with the potential for much higher multiples.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“I’m not interested in syndication,” she said to Moody rather airily, when he asked why she didn’t make multiples.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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