How to Use twofold in a Sentence
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Hutchinson said the goal of the tax cut law was twofold.
—Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 2 Jan. 2022
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The factors that pushed me over the edge, though, were twofold.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
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The reason the park is hustling from sport to sport, event to event, is twofold.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
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In the broad picture, the importance of this stretch is twofold.
—Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Dec. 2022
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The problems pushing new cars out of reach are twofold.
—Rachel Siegel, Jeanne Whalen, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023
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Where to eat and drink: Compline is twofold — there is a wine shop, and just steps away, a restaurant.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 6 Aug. 2023
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The good news about the stock sale for Tesla shareholders is twofold.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2022
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The appeal of a Viking burial, for instance, was twofold.
—Lisa Wells, Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021
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The solution is twofold: First, there needs to be a border.
—Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
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My concern is twofold: 1. stopping the run game after the LOS. 2.
—Terry Pluto, cleveland, 21 July 2021
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And that’s really twofold — that’s for both the linebackers.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 Sep. 2022
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That purpose is twofold: to find out and tell the truth about the past; and to promote democratic values in the present.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2022
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The reasons for not renewing are twofold, a source told frontofficesports.com.
—Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 2 July 2021
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The point for head distiller Adam Hannett and the Bruichladdich team was twofold.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2021
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The reason the government wants to know these details is twofold.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 24 Sep. 2021
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Their purpose is twofold: to act as a nightlight in the dark and light your way in an emergency.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
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The point of the engagement ring, tradition holds, is twofold.
—Time, 28 June 2023
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Whoa, the retort goes, the assignment was likely a twofold process.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
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The appeal of a lower number to big men is twofold, McNeill said.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2021
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Mayor Meghan George is in favor of the change, and said her reasoning is twofold.
—John Benson, cleveland, 22 June 2022
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The issue with using outliers as the gold standard is twofold.
—Grace Staberg, Outside Online, 19 Apr. 2022
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There is a twofold meaning to the flag for officers, Koziol said.
—Zach Harris, chicagotribune.com, 11 Aug. 2021
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That's a twofold increase over what the company was seeing at the start of the pandemic.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2021
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For Enriquez, the issues keeping him away are twofold: health and money.
—Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
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Its purpose was twofold: to investigate and tell the truth about the past, and to promote democracy in the present.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Nov. 2022
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The reason for the fewer number of recruits is twofold, The Times also noted.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2023
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The reasons are twofold: Countries lack money to buy the tests, and demand has dropped in regions where Covid rates are now low.
—Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 8 May 2022
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According to the service, the problem posed by the untamed cattle is twofold.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
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Sacrificing rights | Headline misleads | Backup plan Its goals are twofold.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
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The point of the paperclip maximizer experiment is twofold.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 31 May 2024
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