multiply
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One you’ve estimated your annual retirement expenses, subtract guaranteed income like Social Security benefits and pensions, and multiply the remaining gap by 25, Gaines said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
She predicted that "stores will multiply initiatives to bring customers in, whether with claw machines or in other forms".
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
This temporary suppression gives immune cells time to multiply during an immune response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Jon Burrows called on other parties to join him in emphasising the need to "resolve the dispute and not multiply it".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He had no intention of seeing laws proliferate and multiply.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Nuclear proliferation just multiplies the odds that there’s going to be a mistake or miscalculation that causes nuclear weapons to be used, so the world should definitely be focused on not allowing more nuclear countries.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 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
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
JON LEVY: A glue player is the team member who multiplies everyone else’s results, helping the team win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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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The pack likely started as a small group, dumped by their owners, that grew and multiplied when people in the area started feeding them, the county said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
"For years customs have been asked to take on illegal imports with limited resources while small parcels have multiplied out of control," BEUC's Agustin Reyna said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
The numbers are eye-popping: last month, Micron reported that its quarterly profit had multiplied more than 10-fold from the year prior, or 1,078%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Using an innovative DNA recording technology, the researchers followed how those early cells multiplied, developed specialized roles, and eventually helped form a body with distinct organs and tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
All my numbers were divided by or multiplied by seven.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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The Bank of England is warning that risks around data protection, supply chains and cyber technology are multiplying as financial firms embrace artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Rather than quickly maturing into other cell types, the progenitors continued multiplying while preserving their identity and their capacity to generate functional immune cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
European officials have been multiplying calls for greater integration in the banking sector, arguing that the persistent fragmentation of the European Union is hampering the continent’s competitiveness.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
As of June, Lumen had put down approximately 19 million “fiber miles,” which is calculated by multiplying the length of the route by the number of fibers inside each cable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
I thought about the seals that were multiplying off Cape Cod and how if I ever saw them hanging around the beach, I would stay out of the water.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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