Recent Examples on the WebThe camps lead to a sixfold increase in rates of depression and eight times the rate of suicide in the people who go through them.WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022 Market observers have predicted a sixfold increase in American tourism to Europe. Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 Annual production could hit 230,000 tons by the end of the decade, about a sixfold increase from now, according to the government. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 The sixfold increase took place in the first four months of the Iranian year (from March 21 to July 22), reported Tasnim agency. Hadas Gold, CNN, 27 July 2022 Our team and others have shown that the sixfold increase in CO2 during the end-Permian collapse happened over the course of perhaps tens of thousands of years. Chris Mays, Scientific American, 23 June 2022 The children showed a sixfold increase in antibody levels against the original version of the virus one month after receiving the booster, compared with one month after receiving a second dose.Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2022 California properties at risk of wildfire are expected to see a sixfold increase in 30 years.Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022 Data from study subjects not previously infected with Covid-19 showed a sixfold increase in neutralizing antibodies against the original strain one month after the extra shot compared with one month after the second dose, Pfizer said. Joseph Walker, WSJ, 17 May 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of sixfold was before the 12th century