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sixfold
[ siks-fohld ]
adjective
- having six elements or parts.
- six times as great or as much.
adverb
- in sixfold measure.
sixfold
/ ˈ²õɪ°ì²õËŒ´Úəʊ±ô»å /
adjective
- equal to or having six times as many or as much
- composed of six parts
adverb
- by or up to six times as many or as much
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
The District Attorney’s Office was the second-costliest county agency, topping $24 million last year after a sixfold increase driven largely by lawsuits alleging wrongful prosecutions.
Forces in England and Wales say the costs of kennelling thousands of seized dogs, often for months at a time, have risen sixfold to £25m a year and many facilities were at capacity.
One study found that between 1985 and 2009, the percentage of button battery ingestions that led to serious or deadly injuries had risen more than sixfold.
The best performer, cow dung, decreased the electrical requirement sixfold to roughly a fifth of a volt.
All told, robberies grew sixfold over the past decade and the number of postal carriers held at gunpoint increased even more, according to an analysis of the postal statistics.
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