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• n  increase by a factor of three
• v  increase threefold
• v  hit a three-base hit

• To transform this hotbed of suburban gridlock into a green, walkable city, a soon-to-be-adopted plan-as envisioned by our artist-calls for as much as tripling the current square .
• Or a telephone caller asking, "Would you be interested in doubling or tripling your income on a part-time basis?" Or a young woman "pollster" on a street corner questioning .
• When the Hart camp asked that the platform committee include the goal of tripling the number of women in Congress by 1988, several delegates demanded tripling for blacks and .

• triple
• treble

News & Articles

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• What will it be in kid books: cupcakes or carrots?
  With the childhood obesity rate tripling in the past 30 years to 1 in 3 children in the United States overweight or obese, books with healthy eating pictures and messages may not be everything, but they're something.
  June 12, 2013 - The Express-Times
• Salem Cigarette Tax Will Triple In July
  Salem, VA - Starting next month buying a pack of cigarettes in Salem will get even more expensive as the city adopts a measure tripling the cigarette tax.
  June 11, 2013 - ABC 13 Lynchburg
• Abbott Doubled Niaspan U.S. Sales Before Trials Cut Use
  Abbott Laboratories (ABT) aggressively promoted its Niaspan cholesterol treatment, almost tripling U.S. use of the medication, in the seven-year period before studies in 2011 found the drug ineffective, a study found.
  June 10, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CounterPunch
  My budget proposes tripling the loan guarantees we provide to help finance safe, clean nuclear facilities,said Obama Tuesday, referring to the DOE plan which would add $36 billion and bring the loan guarantee fund to $54.5.
• Ben Bernanke in Chicago Tribune
  Connecticut law provides for substantial punitive damages if the suit would fail,Bernanke said Tuesday in testimony to the House Financial Services Committee. "Legal action could thus have the perverse effect of doubling or tripling the...
• Indra Nooyi in Reuters
  As a tangible sign of our continued confidence in India, I am delighted to announce that we seek to invest a further $500 million over the next three years with the goal of tripling our business,India-born Nooyi said.