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THREE TIMES
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
By a factor of three
Example:
our rent increased threefold in the past five years
Synonyms:
three times; threefold
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Context examples:
But no person could command these strange creatures more than three times.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
Even Mina must have felt its exhaustion, for though I slept till the sun was high, I was awake before her, and had to call two or three times before she awoke.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Three times he called at the Morse home, but was turned away by the servant who answered the bell.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I do not think she has been in this house three times this summer.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Their results suggested that the more variants a person has, the greater the risk, up to three times higher, for developing the disorder in some cases.
(NIH scientists find six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s, NIH)
How often do I pace it three times a day, early and late, ay, and in all weathers too, and say nothing about it?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
NGTS-4b is smaller than Neptune and three times the size of Earth.
(‘Forbidden’ planet found wandering ‘Neptunian Desert’, University of Cambridge)
The average size of the dead zone over the past five years has been about 5,806 square miles, three times larger than the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force target of 1,900 square miles.
(Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ is the largest ever measured, NOAA)
“Wilson may hit him three times to his once, but his one is worth Wilson’s three,” remarked my uncle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Since solid rock is about three times as dense as water, this suggests about two-thirds of the asteroid must be empty space.
(NASA announces latest progress in hunt for asteroids, NASA)
