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[muhl-tuh-puhl] / ˈmʌl tə pəl /


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The fast-moving blaze prompted widespread evacuation orders as multiple helicopters vied to douse the flames.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

A New Mexico judge on Friday ruled in favor of Emmy winner Timothy Busfield, tossing out multiple child sex abuse charges against the actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

But that’s not a new development: The chart above shows that has happened multiple times before, without derailing the longer-term uptrend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

I used the rest of the morning to draw a map of the playground and plan multiple escape routes.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Therefore investors are continuing “to reprice growth-heavy equity valuations in general,” meaning they’re taking a fresh look at the high stock multiples associated with companies that borrow money to help fuel their growth.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Crucially, with the broader market spinning its wheels of late, surging earnings mean price-to-earnings multiples have dropped.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

They acknowledge that earnings risks remain positively skewed as it prepares to change CEO, but observe that the stock is already trading at elevated historical multiples.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

They typically have low enterprise-value-to-Ebitda multiples of four or five, and high free-cash-flow yields of 10% to 15%.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The most striking multiples are those when several people claim to make a discovery at almost exactly the same time.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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