sixfold

adjective

1
: having six units or members
2
: being six times as great or as many
sixfold adverb

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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. Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024 The ex-president's move resulted in a sixfold increase in the tariffs on Chinese goods as compared with prior to 2018, PIIE noted, reaching a high of 21% in January 2020, which is still far below Trump’s 2024 proposal. Alison Durkee, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 From 2018 to 2023, the number of venture capital transactions has increased more than sixfold, while the average transaction size has grown 3.8 times during the same period. Erik Aubakirov, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 The sixfold increase in jurors’ daily allowance, which begins Tuesday, comes courtesy of a pilot program among seven counties that aims to finally boost jurors’ pay beyond a few cups of coffee each day. Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sixfold 

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 sixfold was before the 12th century

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“Sixfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixfold. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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