hundredfold
Americanadjective
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a hundred times as great or as much.
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comprising a hundred parts or members.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of hundredfold
First recorded in 1125–75, hundredfold is from the Middle English word hundredfald. See hundred, -fold
Example Sentences
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The four firms allegedly conspired to roughly double container prices between 2019 and 2021, resulting in roughly a hundredfold increase to their profits, the DOJ said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Asylum claims in Mexico have increased one hundredfold over the past decade, from 1,300 applications in 2013 to 141,000 last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
UMass Amherst researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one hundredfold with a new method for DNA detection with unprecedented sensitivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2023
By Friday, the fire in southern B.C. had grown more than a hundredfold in 24 hours and forced more than 2,400 properties to be evacuated.
From Reuters ● Aug. 20, 2023
And as we have seen, pairs of the organic phosphates themselves may interact in such a way as to increase their toxicity a hundredfold.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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