Definitions
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- adjective Having several parts or members.
- adjective Being several times as much or as many.
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- adjective By
several times . - adverb By a
factor of aseveral .
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Examples
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By redistributing a share of the severalfold economic growth since then, worker activism, new laws and court decisions changed all that.
Real Caricature, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Then, at age 30, he married into a prosperous Pittsburgh family and instantly multiplied his net worth severalfold. . .
Banking On the Future David Nasaw 2011
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By redistributing a share of the severalfold economic growth since then, worker activism, new laws and court decisions changed all that.
Real Caricature, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In fact, fat breakdown and fat burning are exquisitely sensitive to changes in the amount of insulin released in response to dietary carbohydrate.8Small decreases in insulin can almost immediately increase fat burning severalfold.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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In fact, fat breakdown and fat burning are exquisitely sensitive to changes in the amount of insulin released in response to dietary carbohydrate.8Small decreases in insulin can almost immediately increase fat burning severalfold.
THE NEW ATKINS FOR A NEW YOU Dr. Eric C. Westman 2010
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The rewards for bridging the "cultural divide" are severalfold: One's voice develops an authenticity which can propel the story to a higher level.
Author Interview: Edna Cabcabin Moran Tarie 2009
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The rewards for bridging the "cultural divide" are severalfold: One's voice develops an authenticity which can propel the story to a higher level.
Archive 2009-05-01 Tarie 2009
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Even if per unit GDP carbon emissions do go down, total carbon emissions will increase severalfold, and trends of global warming will be all the more severe.
China's Pessimism, skepticism and concern over Copenhagen 2009
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Here I'm envisioning the magnificent performance of the late Henry Cele in Shaka Zulu multiplied severalfold across all genres.
Collaboration Steven Barnes 2009
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On a world-wide basis it is doubtful if the sum of these exceeded 10,000 kilogram-calories per man per day, and this was a severalfold increase over the energy from food alone.
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