tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
1
: being 10 times as great or as many
2
: having 10 units or members
Examples of tenfold in a Sentence
a tenfold increase in sales
Recent Examples on the Web
From July 2021 to September 2023, the number of children without parents or guardians held by the Coast Guard spiked, a nearly tenfold increase over the prior two years.
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Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
Detection range goes with the fourth root of radar cross section, so a tenfold reduction in radar cross section means an aircraft that could be detected ten miles away will only be seen six miles away.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Thanks to a tenfold increase in its stock price, the company has regained ground on its two larger rivals.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
While there's plenty of fun to be had between the espionage and the many, many wigs, the best part of The Americans is its slow-burn dramatic tension, rewarding patient viewers tenfold.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2023
Here's a breakdown: X-class: strongest M-class C-class B-class A-class: weakest
Each letter class represents a tenfold increase in energy output, NASA says.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
Reports to the California Department of Public Health's Safe Cosmetics Program show a tenfold drop in products containing formaldehyde from 2009 to 2022.
—Ronnie Cohen, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024
At the highest dose (and, thus, the highest number of particles instilled), there was a nearly tenfold rise in the number of lung tumors.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
The strategy seems to be working: LA added more cooling centers to low-income neighborhoods and saw more than a tenfold increase over 2020 in people using them.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
Detection range goes with the fourth root of radar cross section, so a tenfold reduction in radar cross section means an aircraft that could be detected ten miles away will only be seen six miles away.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
Thanks to a tenfold increase in its stock price, the company has regained ground on its two larger rivals.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
While there's plenty of fun to be had between the espionage and the many, many wigs, the best part of The Americans is its slow-burn dramatic tension, rewarding patient viewers tenfold.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2023
Here's a breakdown: X-class: strongest M-class C-class B-class A-class: weakest
Each letter class represents a tenfold increase in energy output, NASA says.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024
Reports to the California Department of Public Health's Safe Cosmetics Program show a tenfold drop in products containing formaldehyde from 2009 to 2022.
—Ronnie Cohen, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024
At the highest dose (and, thus, the highest number of particles instilled), there was a nearly tenfold rise in the number of lung tumors.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
The strategy seems to be working: LA added more cooling centers to low-income neighborhoods and saw more than a tenfold increase over 2020 in people using them.
—Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2023
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tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having 10 units or members
2
: being 10 times as much or as many
tenfold
adverb
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