1
: having two parts or aspects
2
: being twice as great or as many
Examples of twofold in a Sentence
a twofold increase in spending
The aims of the study are twofold.
Recent Examples on the Web
Sacrificing rights | Headline misleads | Backup plan Its goals are twofold.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
The country had 839 new corruption cases last year with over 2,270 individuals charged, an almost twofold increase compared with the year before, according to a Vietnamese government report.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Asia, 18 June 2024
That privacy is possible thanks to a twofold approach to generative AI that Apple started to explain in its keynote and offered more detail on in papers and presentations afterward.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 13 June 2024
The point of the paperclip maximizer experiment is twofold.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 31 May 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
The country had 839 new corruption cases last year with over 2,270 individuals charged, an almost twofold increase compared with the year before, according to a Vietnamese government report.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Asia, 18 June 2024
That privacy is possible thanks to a twofold approach to generative AI that Apple started to explain in its keynote and offered more detail on in papers and presentations afterward.
—Umar Shakir, The Verge, 13 June 2024
The point of the paperclip maximizer experiment is twofold.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 31 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for twofold
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“Twofold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twofold. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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