Etymology
Origin of millionfold
Example Sentences
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These efforts yielded a suite of new technologies that reduced the cost of DNA sequencing by more than a millionfold.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 31, 2022
It’s a progression that promises to lower the cost of gene synthesis a millionfold and make it accessible to ever more researchers and useful in ever more experiments and applications.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
If we can only replicate the effect a millionfold across Europe, well … I'd have a cup of tea on that.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 1, 2013
After learning that his two-bit handout might bring him a 600 millionfold return, Dummar suffered a nervous collapse and at week's end was heavily sedated under a doctor's care.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the complex millionfold division of the cells.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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