triple
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"We'll probably be buying in triple the amount of barrels that we usually would," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The analysts estimate the foldable phone comes with display costs that are triple what they are for the iPhone 18 Pro Max.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nitrogen makes up about 78 percent of Earth's atmosphere, but plants and animals cannot use it directly because the two nitrogen atoms in N2 are joined by an exceptionally strong chemical triple bond.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
These funds typically seek to double or even triple the daily returns of underlying assets such as broad market indexes, commodities, cryptocurrencies and single stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
But there is a continuous gradation from triple systems through loose clusters of a few dozen stars to the great globular clusters, resplendent with a million suns.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Around 77,000 people live here, but that number already triples during the summer due to incoming holidaymakers.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 3X fund triples the gains and the losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Webb 12, Rolling Hills Prep 6: Sophomore Aidan Kaushal finished with two triples, a double and four RBIs while senior Alec Kaushal added three hits to help Webb win the Division 9 championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Moderna’s first-quarter revenue more than triples to $389 million, leading to a narrower quarterly loss of $1.34 billion.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Water deprivation in hundred-degree heat doubles, maybe triples the dehydration clock.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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This is even more alarming in light of reporting this week from The Washington Post that “The number of 9/11 survivors who are receiving aid for cancer has roughly tripled over the last five years.”
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Then he tripled in the sixth and scored on a single by Will Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
And Knutti says that imbalance has roughly tripled over the past two decades - although the precise increase depends on which years are compared.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Last year, the analysts said, that segment brought in $6.4 billion in sales, and has more than tripled in size over the past four years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
With the opening of vast new territories, slaves had tripled in value.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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"That's why we are tripling investment over the next five years to halve spills from storm overflows and upgrade the capacity of 1,700 wastewater treatment works," a spokesperson said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Still, Gervais remained undeterred, doubling and tripling down on his comedy and delivering a since-viral “I don’t care” monologue during his final hosting stint.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Chinese wine exports reached $75 million over the first six months of this year, tripling from the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Charter rates for the so-called Very Large Crude Carriers, the most-watched vessels in the oil trade, have surged during the conflict, at times tripling from about $100,000 a day in peacetime.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Adjusting for inflation, these figures reflect a tripling of justice expenditures since 1982.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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