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sixfold
[ siks-fohld ]
adjective
- having six elements or parts.
- six times as great or as much.
adverb
- in sixfold measure.
sixfold
/ ˈsɪksˌfəʊld /
adjective
- equal to or having six times as many or as much
- composed of six parts
adverb
- by or up to six times as many or as much
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The same year lawmakers passed the National Defense Education Act, which increased federal investment in education nearly sixfold.
And he was not mistaken; sixfold, wet and heavy, his big kerchief that he had left in the hut lay upon his head.
It was otherwise in the British West Indies, where the whites were overshadowed by a more than sixfold population.
In our broad country the slaves are overshadowed by a more than sixfold white population.
Her hardware manufactures are one sixth of her total manufactures, and in the past half century they have increased sixfold.
There has been more than a sixfold increase in naval man power and about a fourfold increase in the number of ships in service.
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