back-to-back
1 of 2adjective or adverb
1
: facing in opposite directions and often touching
2
: coming one after the other : consecutive
plural back-to-backs
1
British
: a house that is connected in a row with other houses on each side and with a similar row of houses behind it
These were where the millworkers dwelt, the worst of them known as back-to-backs because that is how they were built, without intervening space.—
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Geoffrey Moorhouse2
sports
: a sequence of two games scheduled to be played on consecutive days
Miami began to beat elite teams and was bloodlessly efficient in the second half of back-to-backs, winning 11 in a row over a three-month stretch, a sign of a team with toughness.—Jack McCallum
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Examples of back-to-back in a Sentence
Adjective or adverb
the three movies in the series were filmed back-to-back so that the cast members wouldn't age visibly on screen
the new governor was soon facing several back-to-back crises
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Blaney has a chance to win back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series Championships.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Kansas City is the back-to-back champ and the betting favorite to win its third title in a row.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But economists largely view the sharp decline as an anomaly, attributable to temporary shocks including the back-to-back hurricanes in early October and the Boeing strike.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective or adverb
More than 170,000 customers across California could see power shutoffs at some point this week, as two back-to-back offshore wind events have prompted widespread red flag and fire weather warnings.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
Blaney has a chance to win back-to-back NASCAR Cup Series Championships.
—Bruce Martin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Kansas City is the back-to-back champ and the betting favorite to win its third title in a row.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
But economists largely view the sharp decline as an anomaly, attributable to temporary shocks including the back-to-back hurricanes in early October and the Boeing strike.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,jake Piazza,annie Nova,rebecca Picciotto,ece Yildirim, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Back-to-back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-to-back. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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