How to Use ninefold in a Sentence

ninefold

adjective
  • 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

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