Double
Meanings and phrases
double
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; - R.W.Emerson; -Frederick Harrison; dual; twofold; two-fold; treble; threefold; three-fold
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; dual; duple
- twice as great or many; doubled; twofold; two-fold
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis; bivalent
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
- having two meanings with intent to deceive; forked
double
- downward and forward
- two together
- to double the degree; doubly; twice
double
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; two-base hit; two-bagger; two-baser
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; stunt man; stunt woman
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); image; look-alike
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; doubling
double
- increase twofold; duplicate
- hit a two-base hit
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; double over; double up
- bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again; duplicate; reduplicate; repeat; replicate
double Dutch
- an incomprehensible talk
- the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
double Gloucester
- a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese
n.
- a spy who works for two mutually antagonistic countries
- However, it seems Sir Richard became a double agent.
- Küçük did not know that Güney was a double agent for the MİT.
- In 1951, he became a Soviet agent, thus, being a double agent.
n.
- notation marking the end of principal parts of a musical composition; two adjacent bar lines
n.
- largest and lowest member of the violin family; bass fiddle; bass viol; bull fiddle; contrabass; string bass
- A three stringed double bass variant is also used.
- 7, for double bass and orchestra, dates from 1992.
- The double bass stands around from scroll to endpin.
n.
- the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family; contrabassoon; contrafagotto
n.
- (psychology) an unresolvable dilemma; situation in which a person receives contradictory messages from a person who is very powerful
n.
- a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed; designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results
n.
- a covalent bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms
- In both cases, only the “beginning” of the double bond is indicated.
- MGA differs from medroxyprogesterone acetate only by its C6(7) double bond.
- "beta"- and "gamma"-terpineol differ only by the location of the double bond.
double creme
- cream with a fat content of 48% or more; heavy whipping cream
n.
- a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote; double obelisk; diesis
- Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .
- Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface and indicated with a double dagger ().
- Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
n.
- a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB); double decomposition reaction; metathesis
n.
- a chemical reaction between two compounds in which parts of each are interchanged to form two new compounds (AB+CD=AD+CB); double decomposition; metathesis
n.
- a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99
- Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina has grown at double digit rates in recent years.
- However, he missed double digit scoring in seven of LSU's last 10 games as a freshman.
- None of Michigan's starters posted double digit scoring and Zack Gibson led the team with 10 points.
n.
- someone who draws two incomes from the government (usually by combining a salary and a pension)
double dipping
- two incomes received from the same source (as by holding a government job and receiving a government pension)
n.
- an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop)
n.
- (golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole
- a former gold coin in the United States worth 20 dollars
n.
- an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
- In the show, Chu had a mild-mannered persona but often used coarse language and double entendre.
- Given this theme of negativity, the "Down Town" song title may be intended as a double entendre or pun.
- The "Naishadha Parijaatheeyamu" relates the story of Nala and Krishna, each verse being a double entendre.
n.
- bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another; double-entry bookkeeping
n.
- two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day); twin bill; doubleheader
- It has since been released on Blu-ray in a double feature with its successor.
- "Konga" appeared as part of a double feature with "Master of the World" (1961).
- The third night included a double feature of "3 from Hell" and "The Devil's Rejects".
n.
- a musical notation of two flats in front of a note indicating that it is to be lowered by two semitones
double glazing
- a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window
n.
- very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads; golden glow; hortensia; Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia
- David Wise, a double gold medalist, told a reporter he was "inspired by her."
- In 2019, he won the national title again and added the open weight class title to earn "double gold."
- In 2012, Sullivan captured double gold at the Pan American Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
n.
- a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis
- All the secrets are in this double helix."
- DNA is made up of a double helix of two complementary strands.
- 11 DNA double helix; the vertical bar represents the number of nucleotides.
n.
- a clause in an insurance policy that provides for double the face value of the policy in the case of accidental death
n.
- the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution
- He avoided trial under the double jeopardy rule.
- This is not regarded as double jeopardy, but as a continuation of the same case.
- Rolle also won a double jeopardy case he recently argued in the MD Court of Appeals.
n.
- a knit fabric similar to jersey that is made with two sets of needles producing a double thickness joined by interlocking stitches
n.
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels
n.
- an affirmative constructed from two negatives
- a grammatically substandard but emphatic negative
n.
- a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote; double dagger; diesis
n.
- the act of getting two players out on one play
- Elston Howard grounded into a double play, Maris scoring.
- after a double play that others would refer to as "Tailor made."
- In the fifth inning, the Dodgers turned a remarkable double play.
n.
- a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together; double-reed instrument
- a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds
n.
- splitting a ray into two parallel rays polarized perpendicularly; birefringence
n.
- a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound
n.
- (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse
n.
- a musical notation of two sharps in front of a note indicating that it is to be raised by two semitones
n.
- an ethical or moral code that applies more strictly to one group than to another
- This would come across as a double standard because he is a "Casanova".
- A double standard operated.
- Some critics have used Selig's handling of the Dodgers to point out a double standard in treatment of MLB owners.
n.
- a code that permits greater sexual freedom for men than for women (associated with the subordination of women)
n.
- a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation; binary star; binary
- β Capricorni is a double star also known as Dabih.
- Zeta Antliae is a wide optical double star.
- Kappa Boötis is another wide double star.
n.
- a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
- a doubled wage (for working overtime)
v.
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; double over; double
- share a room or a bed designed for only one person
- stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager; parlay
n.
- visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects; diplopia
- From there, I had double vision in one eye for the rest of the fight.
- When asked, Earnhardt complained of double vision which made it difficult to pit.
- It is associated with headaches, double vision, difficulties seeing, and a swollen optic disc.
n.
- a civil right guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution
line-drive double
- a double resulting from a line drive; line double
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- He began recording a double album as a follow-up.
- It was released in 1981 as a double album on 45 RPM.
- As for "Voici", "this double album stands out".
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- Trains still pass on the double track North Wales Coast Line.
- The entire network has double track.
- A total of 438 km of the network is double track and electrified.
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- "Mirage" was certified double platinum in the US.
- It has been certified double platinum in the country.
- The single has been certified double platinum by the RIAA.
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- This was more than double the previous payment.
- This figure was more than double that in the new Länder (incl.
- The arms are slender and are more than double the length of the head.
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- The following are some of his double sculls races.
- In Tokyo they finished 13th in the double sculls event.
- In international competitions, they compete in mixed double sculls.
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- Together, their sales reached double figures.
- This was also Deng's seventh season averaging double figures.
- Scored in double figures in 21 games.
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- "Mirage" was certified double platinum in the US.
- It was certified double Platinum on October 3, 2018.
- It has been certified double platinum in the country.
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- "Mirage" was certified double platinum in the US.
- It has been certified double platinum in the country.
- The single has been certified double platinum by the RIAA.
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- In Game 7, Pete Babando scored the game winner in double overtime.
- Pitt rallied from trailing by 16 to winning 67–58 in double overtime.
- The decision proved costly for the Rams as they lost in double overtime.
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- He also participated in 13 double plays.
- Ground outs were executed crisply and double plays were routine.
- The next four innings for the Yankees were plagued by double plays.
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- Saturated fatty acids have no C=C double bonds.
- The complex does not hydrogenate isolated double bonds.
- Unsaturated fatty acids have one or more C=C double bonds.
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- Then, the actor Booth was the stunt double for Rick Dalton.
- However, Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film.
- Kent was a stunt double for Arnold Schwarzenegger in 14 movies.
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- There are metal double doors to one side of the courtyard.
- There is a tall central doorway with altered double doors and a plain overlight.
- In addition they will also have USB charging points and four large double doors.
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- That meant winning the division by double digits.
- MIBR creeped a bit closer and got to double digits.
- In 2008, however, John McCain won the county by double digits.
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- Red Star won their first double in this season.
- They discovered the first double planemo Oph 162225-240515.
- It is the band's first double album.
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- Ball speeds are nearly double that of an average golfer (220 mph).
- Tau Eridani has 178% of the Sun's mass and nearly double the radius of the Sun.
- For this reason, as mentioned above, the true rate of interest is nearly double.
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- Carruth earned his degree with a double major in English.
- Dave graduated from Ohio with a double major in finance and marketing.
- While at Stanford University, she completed a double major, earning a B.A.
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- Howard has lived a "double life" working as a firefighter.
- Then, she comes to realize that he's been leading a double life.
- In the documentary, Harting reveals the story of his double life for the first time.
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- 100 TWh in 2003–2005) is almost double electricity consumption.
- In 2011, the poverty rate in the region was 56.4%, almost double the average in Philadelphia that year.
- The paraphyses are pluricellular (6-14 cells), also clavate, and almost double the length of the unangia.
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- He won the league and cup double with Chiefs.
- During this loan spell he won the league and cup double with Molde.
- It was the second league and cup double won by Bohemians in the 2000s.
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- Auchinleck had 770 tanks and double the number of Axis aircraft.
- His approach to teaching helped double the number of girls in AP computer programming.
- We've seen double the number of incidents in K-12 schools, and almost a 60% increase on college campuses."
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- Two double hung windows flank the front entry.
- Flat trim surrounds the six over six double hung sash windows.
- It is of heavy timber frame construction, and features large arched double hung windows.
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- Previously it was a double elimination tournament.
- The tournament will use a double elimination format.
- The teams then played a double elimination tournament.
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- Lee and Herring became a successful double act on radio and television.
- Bandu Samarasinghe and Tennyson Cooray's double act began with "Nommara Ekai" in 1987.
- He left the minstrels to go on the music hall circuit in 1887, first as a double act, then solo.
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- The shuttles have two separate halves: single and double deck.
- It has a sturdy bell tower with single and double mullioned windows.
- She won New South Wales state championships in 2004 in the single and double.
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- Legally, there were double standards for women.
- It is a story based on double standards in society and social norms.
- Women in India were now challenging the double standards set in place by ancient "shastras".
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- She was competing in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- She competed in 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's lightweight double sculls with Pham Thi Hai.
- She has competed in 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's lightweight double sculls with Pham Thi Thao.
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- In Test cricket, Miandad made a double century on six occasions.
- The man of the match award went to Michael Clarke for his unbeaten double century.
- Shrewsbury scored 232, becoming the first Englishman to score a double century in Australia.
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- Pfeiffer was unavailable and a body double was chosen.
- Kathy Long served as Pfeiffer's body double.
- He also allegedly used a body double for some public events.
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- The term Suebi has a double meaning in the sources.
- In a further comic double meaning, the name implies impotence.
- The album cover has a double meaning.
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- The film had Sunil Dutt in a double role.
- It stars Govinda in a double role, along with Chunky Pandey.
- Uttam Kumar played a double role as twin princes in this film.
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- In Tokyo they finished 13th in the double sculls event.
- She competed in the women's double sculls event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
- In 1968 he and his partner Anatoliy Sass won the gold medal in the double sculls event.
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- The shuttles have two separate halves: single and double deck.
- The foundations of the double deck swing bridge at Stanley Dock also remain.
- The Volvo Ailsa double deck bus became standard in the Tayside fleet during the 1970s and 1980s.
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- All participating 12 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.
- Each group played a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team.
- The regular season will still consist of a double round robin between the participating teams.
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- It is a circular double stranded DNA and has 2686 base pairs.
- Within the double stranded forms have runs of single stranded DNA.
- Although ~50 archaeal viruses are known, all but two have double stranded genomes.
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- One year later, a double disc album with both scores is released.
- Released February 8, 2000, it features thirty-two songs on a double disc set.
- Released February 6, 2001, it comprises thirty-two songs on a double disc set.
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- He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the double murder and other offences.
- Garmony learns it was actually a double murder and informs George, who is pleased.
- The only exception was a double murder: by promising to give them chewing gum, he lured a girl and a boy.
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- She was competing in the lightweight double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
- She competed in 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's lightweight double sculls with Pham Thi Hai.
- She has competed in 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's lightweight double sculls with Pham Thi Thao.
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- Initial copies of this double live CD came in a longbox.
- Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album "Live - On the Run."
- A double live album followed: "An Evening Of Magic" (1993), recorded in Italy.
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- But Wood and his partner Riley were selected for the double scull.
- In the 1997 U22 Trans-Tasman series he rowed in a double scull with Peter Hardcastle.
- His double scull partner at the 1956 Olympics, Murray Riley, was also a police officer.
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- In 1993, they signed a double taxation treaty.
- a part owner of the company, a form of double taxation.
- In 2014 both countries also signed a double taxation pact to promote trade and investment.
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- Each of the three freshman on the team scored in double figures.
- In 1966-67, Sullivan scored in double figures in 21 of 23 games, scored 20 or more points 10 times and averaged 18.6 points and 11.8 rebounds a game.
- Toronto's Kyle Lowry had 23 points and five 3-pointers, and Danny Green added 18 points on 6 made 3s, as all five of their starters scored in double figures.
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- The vocabulary used ranges from vulgar to exalted, with wordplay and double entendres occurring frequently.
- In 2013, a dialogue laced with double entendres uttered by him in "Endrendrum Punnagai" created controversy.
- Their formal, decorous society provides a setting for dialog that is rich in double entendres and verbal barbs.
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- The album was issued on a double vinyl record by Tigerbeat6 Records.
- Records in October 1983 as a 12", 7", and a limited double vinyl 7" single.
- In 2005, a double vinyl LP entitled "Country Weather" was released by RD Records.
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- All participating 12 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.
- Each group played a double round robin schedule for a total of 6 games for each team.
- The regular season will still consist of a double round robin between the participating teams.
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- They are joined by double bassist John Geggie.
- Nick Haywood Nick Haywood is an Australian jazz double bassist, composer, and music educator in Melbourne.
- Larry Grenadier Larry Grenadier (born February 6, 1966 in San Francisco) is an American jazz double bassist.
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- In 1995, voters approved funding to double the size of the library.
- For instance if the diatonic semitone is double the size of the chromatic semitone, i.e.
- it might be more than double the price of a DC Thomson title but it was also more than double the size).
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- The definition of the double layer potential shows that it vanishes at ∞, so that it is harmonic at ∞.
- The Mark 8, its predecessor, was a double layer suit which gave the wearer the appearance of a Michelin Man.
- Structurally, the spongy columns comprise a double layer of tubes, a large inner one and two or three outer ones.
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- The annual season opening double header alternates between the schools.
- It began on 7 April in Okayama and finished on 11 November on Twin Ring Motegi after seven double header rounds.
- Going into a season ending double header in Philadelphia, the Dodgers led the San Francisco Giants by two games.
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- Guests can ride in a single or double tube.
- Trap shooting is shot at either single or double target presentations.
- It has two doors, with the central one available in single or double width.
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- Achim Oppermann) formations on the double live album "Live - On the Run."
- A double live album followed: "An Evening Of Magic" (1993), recorded in Italy.
- Nørb suspected that it was really because Greene did not want to finance a double live album.
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- Caterpillar yellowish with a dorsal, slender, red double line.
- The station is due to become part of double line L9-L10 in the near future.
- Mythimna turca Mythimna turca, the double line, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.
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- On 18 May 1974 a double dissolution of both Houses was held.
- The Senate was dissolved for the 1951 election, which was a double dissolution.
- Katz lost his seat at the 1951 federal election, following a double dissolution.
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- In 2013, he won the double with Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia.
- In the 2011, the club won the double.
- He won the double in his only season.
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- This name was derived from the German word "Doppelstock", meaning "double decker".
- In Wellington, the company operates ten electric double decker buses on urban routes.
- The band sat on the sofa for more than 12 hours, the sofa was the size of a double decker bus.
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- They had a double bottom below the engine room.
- The upper and lower corners of the hold are used as ballast tanks, as is the double bottom area.
- As a conversion from an ocean liner, the ship could not support much armor, although it had a double bottom.
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- The ICEF's integrated curriculum leads to a double degree.
- Swiss German University (SGU) is known for their double degree program.
- He matriculated to receive a double degree in Arts and Law from the University of Sydney.
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- Ivanović scored a double against Aston Villa in a 2–4 away win.
- Three weeks later, he scored a double in a 2–0 home victory against Tigres UANL.
- In Round 16, Bareiro scored a double in a 2–1 home victory against Sportivo Luqueño on 20 October.
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- Next inning, Gonzalez hit a two-out double off of Randy Choate.
- In Game 6, Pete Fox's RBI double off of Larry French put the Tigers on the board.
- They added another run in the seventh on Billy Herman's RBI double off of Schoolboy Rowe.
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- The amount of exported goods was double the amount of imported goods.
- The tourists on the island use about double the amount of water as the native inhabitants of Fuerteventura.
- By law, both sons and daughters could inherit properties but the sons would get double the amount that of the daughter.
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- released another double A side, titled "Rain Is Fallin'/Hybrid Dream".
- Eddie Mathews followed with another double, scoring Logan with the game's final run.
- Close enjoyed a good 1952 season at Yorkshire, achieving another double, but played no Test cricket.
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- Together, these are the 50 finite ordinary double points of the figure.
- For degree 6 surfaces in P, showed that 65 is the maximum number of double points possible.
- Two examples are the Barth sextic of degree 6 with 65 double points, and the Barth decic of degree 10 with 345 double points.
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- The front suspension used a double wishbone while the rear is a solid rear axle type.
- It also introduced double wishbone front suspension and independent, multi-link rear suspension.
- The Polestar 1 has double wishbone front suspension, connecting each wheel with two transverse links.
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- He often did double duty as actor/stuntman or actor/stunt coordinator.
- The "Herald"'s sports pages also gained a now well-known name as Jay Crawford pulled double duty, reporting also for WYMT-TV.
- Episode Eight – "BROADCAST FROM HELL" When I-24's cameramen make good on a pledge to strike producers and reporters are forced to do double duty.
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- The layout of double trap shooting is similar to that of trap shooting.
- In 2002, she also won the women's double trap at the Junior European Championship.
- He competed in the men's double trap event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning the gold medal.
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- Together, their sales reached double figures.
- It reached double figures, celebrating its tenth competition in Mexico City.
- The top scorer being Godfrey Clarke with 37; 12 other players had reached double figures.
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- An intake failure could lead to a double or triple engine failure.
- The counterpart of elimination is the addition where double or triple bonds are converted into single bonds.
- The pluperfect is manifest in tenses that use double or triple auxiliary "be" participles like the past pluperfect subjunctive.
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- Hardt's "contacts" are really British double agents – Ashington is in fact RN Commander Blacklock, and "Fräulein Tiel" is Blacklock's wife, Jill.
- Some difficulties arose here after February 1944, owing to an order by the WNV/FU III HQ that double agents who were not actually under arrest were not to be accepted for double-cross purposes by its subordinate units.
- The Germans thought they had an extensive network of spies operating in the UK, but in fact all their agents had been captured, and some had become double agents working for the Allies as part of the Double-Cross System.
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- On the advice of story finalist Shinichiro Kobayashi, a double row of teeth was incorporated in the jaws.
- Both the southern part and the northern were heavy protected with bunkers, trenches and a double row of wire.
- Unlike the one arch of wigwams in other surviving villages, Village #7 has a double row of wigwam guest rooms.
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- Materials that qualify for double counting differ between countries.
- "To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed."
- The canton comprised 25 communes and a total of 7,321 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).
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- (1979), for soprano, percussion, and 30 double basses.
- Bertold Hummel wrote a "Sinfonia piccola" for eight double basses.
- ", commissioned by the Russian National Orchestra is scored for five double basses.
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- Southern Pacific double tracked the line in 1904.
- The remainder of the route to Lake Hopatcong station is double tracked.
- It double tracked most of its mainline, where the mountains and valleys let it.