How to Use ninefold in a Sentence

ninefold

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• But a study in the news this week predicts a ninefold increase in the power of winter tornadoes by the end of the century because of climate change.
  — Daniel Lee, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
• In Pakistan, overall public debt has more than doubled over the past decade, with loans from China growing fastest; in Kenya, public debt is up ninefold and in Suriname tenfold.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2022
• Records show that reported serious encounters with bears since the count have gone up nearly ninefold.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 May 2022
• This reviewer is especially fond of Cerdà, who proposed a ninefold expansion of Barcelona in 1859, in the hope of keeping land values and, therefore, housing prices low enough for all to afford.
  — Shlomo Angel, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• Johnson & Johnson wants in on boosters, too: J&J said Wednesday that studies show a booster dose of its vaccine offered a ninefold increase in antibodies compared with the vaccine on its own.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2021
• The interim data showed people who already had been given the J&J vaccine experienced a ninefold increase in spike-binding antibodies compared with 28 days after the first dose, the drugmaker said in a statement.
  — NBC News, 25 Aug. 2021
• The data also shows about a ninefold reduction in the risk of hospitalization among people who are fully vaccinated compared to those who are unvaccinated.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024