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  • adjective (Mach.) Designating, or pert. to, a gear for reducing or increasing a velocity ratio two to one.

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Examples

  • He barely won by outspending McCain almost two-to-one and with the support of the Obama smooching media.

    Axelrod slams Romney 2009

  • Left unmentioned: In the Republican wave of 2010, Heller dominated Democrat Nancy Price nearly two-to-one.

    President Obama and the leveling effect 2011

  • Latinos voted Democratic yesterday by better than two-to-one, and in California, where exit polls showed them supporting Jerry Brown over Meg Whitman by a 65 percent to 31 percent margin, they comprised 22 percent of the electorate.

    That white working class Harold Meyerson 2010

  • According to the poll, Giannoulias leads Jackson among female voters by a two-to-one margin, even though Jackson's the only woman in the Democratic primary.

    Poll: Kirk and Giannoulias Illinois frontrunners 2009

  • Among self-identified conservatives, Heller takes a whopping 62 percent, and he leads Ensign by a two-to-one margin among "extremely conservative" voters.

    Dean Heller poll shows 15 point lead over John Ensign in Nevada Chris Cillizza 2011

  • Undisturbed by recent perturbations is the fact that 40 percent of the adult population (and presumably a larger percentage of likely voters) are self-identified conservatives, outnumbering soi disant liberals by almost two-to-one.

    Stromata Blog: 2009

  • Undisturbed by recent perturbations is the fact that 40 percent of the adult population (and presumably a larger percentage of likely voters) are self-identified conservatives, outnumbering soi disant liberals by almost two-to-one.

    Election Spin 2009

  • ■ I was told (but had no way to verify) that attendance at the Hugo Awards ceremony was 1,600 and topped the Masquerade by two-to-one.

    Science Fiction 2010

  • Undisturbed by recent perturbations is the fact that 40 percent of the adult population (and presumably a larger percentage of likely voters) are self-identified conservatives, outnumbering soi disant liberals by almost two-to-one.

    Elections 2010 2010

  • When forced to choose, voters embrace a bold jobs initiative over a long-term deficit reduction program by two-to-one.

    Borger: Don't forget deficit in rush to create jobs 2009

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