multiple
adjective
consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
multiples
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pluralof multiple.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are still opportunities because valuation multiples have actually gone down even as earnings expectations have gone up.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Investors are not willing to pay anywhere near the multiples they paid in the 1999 bubble.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
“With each look we would get excited about, we’d need to think, ‘Does it need multiples?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
If instead this was done on revenue per World Cup 2026 match, Fifa makes multiples of the Premier League, perhaps more than three times as much.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Then you take away all the numbers that are multiples of 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and so on.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
