tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
1
: being 10 times as great or as many
2
: having 10 units or members
Examples of tenfold in a Sentence
a tenfold increase in sales
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Saturday’s concert broke Madge’s personal attendance record — 130,000 fans at Paris’ Parc des Sceaux in 1987 — by more than tenfold.
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
The Justice Department had told the court that local law enforcement agencies seized more than 19,000 ghost guns at crime scenes in 2021, a more than tenfold increase in just five years.
—Mark Sherman, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
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Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
The Justice Department had told the court that local law enforcement agencies seized more than 19,000 ghost guns at crime scenes in 2021, a more than tenfold increase in just five years.
—Mark Sherman, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Tenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenfold. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having 10 units or members
2
: being 10 times as much or as many
tenfold
adverb
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