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There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.
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Meanwhile, debt has ballooned eightfold and is on pace to total 335 percent of GDP by the end of 2020.
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Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
In that time, the Haitian immigrant population in Indiana increased eightfold, to 12,465; almost fourfold in North Carolina, to 7,752; more than doubled in Texas, to 7,010; more than tripled in Ohio, to 5,264; more than doubled in Virginia, to 6,342; and nearly fivefold in South Carolina, to 2,569.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
These low rates occurred even though the department has dramatically increased the space, manpower and technology devoted to video analysis, resulting in an eightfold increase in videos downloaded over the past decade.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
From 1990 to 2010, Chinese enrollment in higher education rose eightfold, and the number of college graduates exploded from 300,000 to nearly three million per year.
—Jonathan Gruber, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2019
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Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020
In that time, the Haitian immigrant population in Indiana increased eightfold, to 12,465; almost fourfold in North Carolina, to 7,752; more than doubled in Texas, to 7,010; more than tripled in Ohio, to 5,264; more than doubled in Virginia, to 6,342; and nearly fivefold in South Carolina, to 2,569.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024
These low rates occurred even though the department has dramatically increased the space, manpower and technology devoted to video analysis, resulting in an eightfold increase in videos downloaded over the past decade.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
From 1990 to 2010, Chinese enrollment in higher education rose eightfold, and the number of college graduates exploded from 300,000 to nearly three million per year.
—Jonathan Gruber, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2019
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“Eightfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eightfold. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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