1
: on two occasions
twice absent
2
: two times : in doubled quantity or degree
twice two is four
twice as much
Examples of twice in a Sentence
I only wore it twice.
He has rehearsals twice a month.
He twice lost to younger opponents.
We visited them twice in 10 years.
The dictionary has been twice updated since 1993.
I've been there at least twice.
He must be twice her age.
The population is twice that of Canada.
The new one costs about twice as much.
He could earn twice his present salary at the new job.
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The Argentine scored twice and grabbed an assist on a brilliant night for Inter Miami, with Baltasar Rodríguez and Luis Suárez also getting on the scoresheet.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Some activists devoted to ending gun violence had to look twice at the source of the ads for firearms training that flashed on their computer screens.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
In months of observing multiple US history and English language arts classrooms, Lash saw Latino figures included in the curriculum only twice.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025
In Maine, the city of Bangor sued Namdar twice last year, first for code violations including a leaking roof and parking lot disrepair at a local mall, then for a broken sewer line, according to the Bangor Daily News.
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Ben Church, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Some activists devoted to ending gun violence had to look twice at the source of the ads for firearms training that flashed on their computer screens.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
In months of observing multiple US history and English language arts classrooms, Lash saw Latino figures included in the curriculum only twice.
—Laura Clawson, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2025
In Maine, the city of Bangor sued Namdar twice last year, first for code violations including a leaking roof and parking lot disrepair at a local mall, then for a broken sewer line, according to the Bangor Daily News.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
use it twice
twice as large
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