treble
adjective
threefold; triple.
Example Sentences
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Between 2015 and 2024, the number of days exceeding 30C in the UK more than trebled compared with the 1961-1990 average, the Met Office says.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
More positively, Ahmed assumes $200 million of costs will be removed by FY 2027 as WiseTech cuts a workforce that trebled in size over three years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Voluntary repayments under Plan 2 more than trebled between 2017 and 2025, rising from £141.7m to £491.1m.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
Many students were facing annual tuition fees that had trebled from the year before, as the cap on the amount universities could charge rose to £9,000.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
A doubling or trebling of the potential means that the charge of all the parts is doubled or trebled; hence their combined power of repulsion quadrupled or nonupled.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
