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Golding is now a trustee with Homes for Wells, adding: "I think in the next 20 years we will have doubled the number of homes we run."

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Every day, some 10,000 baby boomers turn 65, and by 2040, the number of Americans 85 and older will have doubled in less than two decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2023

By 2018, Manila’s hotel supply will have doubled in the space of six years to 32,860 rooms, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, with many top hotel brands opening lavish facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2015

By next year, he expects the company will have doubled in size to about 135 employees.

From Forbes • May 29, 2013

Some of you will have doubled the style and steam of your sprint by the time you're running in the first game.

From The High School Pitcher Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)