sixfold
adjective
six·fold
ˈsiks-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having six units or members
2
: being six times as great or as many
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From 2000 to the mid-2020s, gold investments multiplied ninefold, outpacing the S&P 500’s sixfold increase.
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ecuador, once among the region’s most peaceful countries, saw its homicide rate soar from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2019, to 45.1 in 2023 – more than a sixfold increase, driven partly by expanding drug trafficking routes.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
NextEra is projecting a sixfold increase in power demand over the next 20 years compared with the previous 20 years, Ketchum said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
The value of chips and electronic shipments coming to the US from Taiwan increased more than sixfold from $9.4 billion in 2019 to $36.9 billion in 2024.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Ecuador, once among the region’s most peaceful countries, saw its homicide rate soar from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2019, to 45.1 in 2023 – more than a sixfold increase, driven partly by expanding drug trafficking routes.
—Mie Hoejris Dahl, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
NextEra is projecting a sixfold increase in power demand over the next 20 years compared with the previous 20 years, Ketchum said.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
The value of chips and electronic shipments coming to the US from Taiwan increased more than sixfold from $9.4 billion in 2019 to $36.9 billion in 2024.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Sixfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sixfold. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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