sevenfold
Americanadjective
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comprising seven parts or members.
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seven times as great or as much.
adverb
adjective
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equal to or having seven times as many or as much
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composed of seven parts
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sevenfold
before 1000; Middle English; Old English seofonfeald. See seven, -fold
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In Spain, battery storage capacity has risen almost sevenfold since last April, from about 28 MW before the blackout to 193MW in April 2026, according to the grid operator Red Eléctrica.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The amount of fuel flowing from the Gulf Coast to the West Coast surged nearly sevenfold from February to May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
By 2034, the robo-adviser industry’s market size is expected to swell more than sevenfold, to $102 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even with the recent drop, the stock is up more than sevenfold in the past 12 months amid an acute shortage of memory chips due to demand from artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Production of pig iron and steel increased about sevenfold in the 1960-70 period, reaching levels of 1.25 million tons and 1.8 million tons, respectively.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
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