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as in increases
to make twice as great or as many
we doubled our investment in six months
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as in twins
something or someone that strongly resembles another
he looks so much like you that he could be your double
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Recent Examples of doubles
Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
All these excellent, exacting details coexist well with each other to produce one of Lanthimos’s best films yet, a movie of startling ingenuity that also doubles as a humorous but pointed warning to us all.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Downstairs, The Tess Collection—a hybrid library and creative studio—is stocked with books and vinyl, and doubles as a podcast recording space.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
Telleen and his store, which doubles as a workshop, are Vail institutions.
—The Vail Daily, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The advancement of sequencing technology has made Moore’s Law — the idea that computer processing power doubles while costs fall roughly every two years — seem like a slow crawl.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
And while Sturm offers a small group of men’s options (the Face Cream Men doubles as an after-shave soother), some of her male clientele seem content to buy the primary unisex line.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
Our $1,319 review model, exclusive to Best Buy, steps up to the newer Core Ultra 7 255H processor and doubles the storage to 1TB.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
Why Arc's hypersonic speed could change aerospace testing Beyond rapid delivery, Arc doubles as a hypersonic testing platform.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Gadecki, 22, is one of Australia’s top rising professional players, winning the 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles championship.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Witt led the majors with 184 hits and 47 doubles.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Betts immediately doubled Rojas in, giving him three doubles in a 4-for-5 day.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
But Betts, who has endured a difficult season up until this point, hit three doubles on the night to help overhaul the result and continue the Dodgers on a path to a World Series repeat.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
A lot of doubles don't do that well in the South, but Tahiti does.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Studios already use it for de-aging effects and digital doubles.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
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Singles for the hairline, doubles just behind, multis where volume helps.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
All these excellent, exacting details coexist well with each other to produce one of Lanthimos’s best films yet, a movie of startling ingenuity that also doubles as a humorous but pointed warning to us all.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Downstairs, The Tess Collection—a hybrid library and creative studio—is stocked with books and vinyl, and doubles as a podcast recording space.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
Telleen and his store, which doubles as a workshop, are Vail institutions.
—The Vail Daily, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
The advancement of sequencing technology has made Moore’s Law — the idea that computer processing power doubles while costs fall roughly every two years — seem like a slow crawl.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
And while Sturm offers a small group of men’s options (the Face Cream Men doubles as an after-shave soother), some of her male clientele seem content to buy the primary unisex line.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
Our $1,319 review model, exclusive to Best Buy, steps up to the newer Core Ultra 7 255H processor and doubles the storage to 1TB.
—PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
Why Arc's hypersonic speed could change aerospace testing Beyond rapid delivery, Arc doubles as a hypersonic testing platform.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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But his performance doesn’t work without a doubles partner, which is where Reeves comes in.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
Their style of pitching — relentlessly pound the strike zone — works well in a ballpark where the thick air depresses doubles and triples.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Gadecki, 22, is one of Australia’s top rising professional players, winning the 2025 Australian Open mixed doubles championship.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Witt led the majors with 184 hits and 47 doubles.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Betts immediately doubled Rojas in, giving him three doubles in a 4-for-5 day.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
But Betts, who has endured a difficult season up until this point, hit three doubles on the night to help overhaul the result and continue the Dodgers on a path to a World Series repeat.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
A lot of doubles don't do that well in the South, but Tahiti does.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Studios already use it for de-aging effects and digital doubles.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doubles
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Benefits of Heat Therapy Heat therapy increases tissue temperature and blood flow to your back, relaxing muscles and improving pain.—
RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan,
Health,
25 Oct. 2025
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As the Universe expands, the volume increases, while the particle masses and the total number of particles remain the same.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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Brackett also folds multi-purpose activities into her life, like going to get massages or taking walks.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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The blanket can be used on a comfortable surface like a couch, folds neatly for storage or travel, and provides a versatile at-home sauna experience without taking up a dedicated space.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
20 Oct. 2025
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Simons married his wife Annie in 2008, and the couple welcomed twins in 2011.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss The Winklevoss twins became some of the first cryptocurrency billionaires after using a multi-million-dollar legal settlement from Mark Zuckerberg to invest in Bitcoin more than a decade ago.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each factor multiplies the options from element ratios to heat treatment and additives.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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Apparently, Nevada multiplies those in attendance by pi, given an in-house estimate of about 6,000 (announced was 19,473).—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Oct. 2025
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The video showed dozens of videos and pictures sent to her, all featuring people eating McDonald's fries as a show of solidarity.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Go through a corn maze, sip on apple cider, and take silly pictures with the cardboard cutouts.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Oct. 2025
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Kardashian Barker also included throwback images of the two on her Instagram Stories.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Jeffrey Lewine concluded from reviewing images of Ricks’ brain that one area, the putamen, is larger than that area in the brains of control subjects.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Oct. 2025
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Tonight, one of the replicas hits the Paramount Studios runway on model Olivia Petersen.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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The exhibition highlights over 40 life-size animatronic replicas of dinosaurs in their habitats, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptors and Stegosauruses.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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While fans of Dalio’s strategy—and those looking for a new sounding board—may appreciate his replication, the rise of AI clones is presenting problems for high-profile and notable individuals.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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In the case of a social network, like these SlopTok clones, frictionlessness is highly desirable.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doubles. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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