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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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He described them as "very resilient" and said their short breeding cycle meant populations could multiply quickly in warm conditions.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Now multiply that risk by tens of thousands of users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, just seconds after it launched, $LAPTOP earned enough trading volume to see its valuation multiply exponentially, shooting up from $37 to over $200.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

His subsequent research showed that these precursor cells multiply dramatically around the edges of brain wounds.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

“They eat grass and multiply all winter,” Mrs. Franklin had said in her singsong voice.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

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

Hunt is home to just over 1,300 people, but when summer comes around, the small city’s population multiplies because of young campers.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

The word Prentisstown multiplies along the fields like a crackling fire.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

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

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

That model multiplied the company’s valuation 14 times on Cook’s watch, to nearly $5 trillion from roughly $350 billion the day he took over for Steve Jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

They found that the rats and mice multiplied because there were no longer any foxes left to hunt them.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

After multiplying, the cells normally reverse that process and become mature, fully functioning liver cells again.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 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

If one of those changes allows a cell to survive a drug that kills other tumor cells, that resistant cell can continue multiplying.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Pricey options to escape airport hordes and hassles are multiplying as affluent travelers seek more comfort and less friction without shelling out for a private jet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It was not multiplying or doing anything, since the monkey’s cells were dead.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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