doubleheader
noun
dou·ble·head·er
ˌdə-bəl-ˈhe-dər 
1
: a train pulled by two locomotives
2
: two games, contests, or events held consecutively on the same program
Examples of doubleheader in a Sentence
The two teams will meet in a doubleheader this Saturday.
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The streamer first huddled with the league in 2024, inking an agreement to carry an annual Christmas doubleheader.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
This fall, Netflix will once again have an exclusive window for a Christmas Day NFL doubleheader while expanding its overall footprint to five games during the 2026 season.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Plus, the Christmas Day game doubleheaders.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The result of that was the Netflix package, the new Fox tripleheader and the new NBC and Peacock doubleheader.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
This fall, Netflix will once again have an exclusive window for a Christmas Day NFL doubleheader while expanding its overall footprint to five games during the 2026 season.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Plus, the Christmas Day game doubleheaders.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 13 May 2026
The result of that was the Netflix package, the new Fox tripleheader and the new NBC and Peacock doubleheader.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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“Doubleheader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doubleheader. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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doubleheader
noun
dou·ble·head·er
ˌdəb-əl-ˈhed-ər
: two games played one after the other on the same day
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