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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Over the final 5 minutes, the Farmers scored twice.
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Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Anisimova has gotten there twice in two months, this time in her home Slam.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Mike Judge has brought the series back twice, first in 2011 and again in 2022.
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This son of War Front has run twice at Kentucky Downs finishing second in 2023 and fifth in 2022.
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Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Anisimova has gotten there twice in two months, this time in her home Slam.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Mike Judge has brought the series back twice, first in 2011 and again in 2022.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
This son of War Front has run twice at Kentucky Downs finishing second in 2023 and fifth in 2022.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Twice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twice. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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twice
adverb
: two times
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twice as large
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