threefold
adjective
three·fold
ˈthrē-ˌfōld 
-ˈfōld
-ˈfōld
2
: being three times as great or as many
a threefold increase
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a threefold approach to solving the problem
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Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Their main challenge, Binks explains, was threefold.
—Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024
More dramatically, the Haredi population has grown more than threefold over only 20 years, from 3 percent of the population in 1990 to over 10 percent today.
—Daniel Levy, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2011
The main benefits of scalp microneedling tools are threefold: collagen production, scalp stimulation and product absorption.
—Rebecca Fearn, refinery29.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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threefold
adjective
three·fold
ˈthrē-ˌfōld
-ˈfōld
1
: having three parts or members
2
: being three times as great or as many
threefold
adverb
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