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tripling

  • present participle of triple.

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Tripling your money equates to an annual return of 4.5% a year.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 5, 2026

"Tripling the size of the apartment for purposes of the valuation was intentional and deliberate fraud, not an honest mistake," plaintiffs in the New York lawsuit write.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022

Tripling the exercise to 30 extra minutes a day averted 272,297 deaths, or almost 17% of typical annual totals.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2022

Tripling the size of your hands by encasing them in gigantic gloves, and then putting fringe on those gloves so that as you wave, entire clouds of suede are bouncing around your head.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2018

Tripling the span gives twenty-seven times the deflection.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.