double feature

noun

: a movie program with two main films

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Talk about a double feature worthy of the Alamo Drafthouse. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Seems like the perfect opportunity for a double feature. Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025 Jaws, of course, sometimes in double features with Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 The night sky offered lucky skywatchers an unexpected double feature on May 17 — a surprise geomagnetic storm and a mysterious white plume slicing through the auroras. Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for double feature

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of double feature was in 1928

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“Double feature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20feature. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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