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- adjective By a factor of
fifteen . - adverb By a factor of fifteen.
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Examples
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Even if ridership increased fifteenfold over Amtrak levels, the effects on congestion, national fuel consumption and emissions would still be trivial.
High-speed rail is a fast track to government waste Robert J. Samuelson 2011
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One in 50 people harbor two copies of the E4 allele, which carries a fifteenfold increase in risk.
The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010
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In the early winter of 1947, government statisticians in Britain alerted the Ministry of Health that an unexpected “epidemic” was slowly emerging in the United Kingdom: lung cancer morbidity had risen nearly fifteenfold in the prior two decades.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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In the early winter of 1947, government statisticians in Britain alerted the Ministry of Health that an unexpected “epidemic” was slowly emerging in the United Kingdom: lung cancer morbidity had risen nearly fifteenfold in the prior two decades.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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With that and Reagan's tax cuts the stock market began a long-term climb that saw the Dow Jones increase fifteenfold by the end of the 1990s.
Why Ben Is Addicted To Failure Steve Forbes 2010
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In the early winter of 1947, government statisticians in Britain alerted the Ministry of Health that an unexpected “epidemic” was slowly emerging in the United Kingdom: lung cancer morbidity had risen nearly fifteenfold in the prior two decades.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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With that and Reagan's tax cuts the stock market began a long-term climb that saw the Dow Jones increase fifteenfold by the end of the 1990s.
Fact And Comment Steve Forbes 2010
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(MCI, for instance, increased its part of the backbone almost fifteenfold this year.)
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Through the first six months of 2008, the National Venture Capital Association tallied $1.8 billion in "clean-tech" investments -- primarily innovations to conserve energy, protect the environment or eliminate harmful waste -- a 76% increase from the same period a year earlier and a nearly fifteenfold increase from five years ago.
Just in Case 2008
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Its Latino population was quite possibly the fastest growing in the country -- swelling fifteenfold in the past decade to nearly 20 percent of the town's 39,000 people, according to U.S.
A Town's Two Faces 2007
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