tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: being 10 times as great or as many
2
: having 10 units or members
Examples of tenfold in a Sentence
a tenfold increase in sales
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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
That marked a near tenfold increase in such transfers over the past three years.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
Solar flares are ranked by strength in five classes: A, B, C, M and X, with each step representing a tenfold increase in energy.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 May 2025
That's up from $1 billion in December, which was about a tenfold increase from a year earlier.
—Hayden Field, CNBC, 1 May 2025
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“Tenfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenfold. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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tenfold
adjective
ten·fold
ˈten-ˌfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having 10 units or members
2
: being 10 times as much or as many
tenfold
adverb
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