Example Sentences

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The serviceman said the innovation could have posed a grave threat to Ukrainian forces if the Russians had multiplied their use, endangering logistics, air defense and artillery, among other critical equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Mandatory evacuations had multiplied, including in Wrightwood and Palmdale.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

As they flew into the wings and back out again, you had the sense that the cast had multiplied.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

He had multiplied the probability of De Berk’s pattern of death across multiple wards.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

The rat had never come back, but the bugs had multiplied hideously in the heat.

From "1984" by George Orwell