multiply
verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
had multiplied
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past perfectof multiply.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The numbers are eye-popping: last month, Micron reported that its quarterly profit had multiplied more than 10-fold from the year prior, or 1,078%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Mandatory evacuations had multiplied, including in Wrightwood and Palmdale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
He had multiplied the probability of De Berk’s pattern of death across multiple wards.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 18, 2023
Parenthood had multiplied my anxieties, but the pandemic reordered them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Surely the miles had multiplied, even as the trees had done, and this path led but to a labyrinth, some choked wilderness, and not to the house at all.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
