There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.
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Private health care facilities, in particular, grew eightfold.—Claire Fu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 On a collective tariff basis, Texas, which went for President Trump in the 2024 election, will see an eightfold jump in tariffs paid by businesses.—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025 So under the best circumstances, eight pairs could increase data rates roughly eightfold.—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2013 Meanwhile, debt has ballooned eightfold and is on pace to total 335 percent of GDP by the end of 2020.—Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020 See All Example Sentences for eightfold
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of eightfold was
before the 12th century
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