double-decker
noun
dou·ble-deck·er
ˌdə-bəl-ˈde-kər 
often attributive
: something that is double-deck
a double-decker bus
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In an airy second-floor room featuring one of Warhol’s massive dollar-sign paintings and a double-decker Koons made of vacuum cleaners encased in acrylic, Boone runs into LGD gallerist Brett Gorvy.
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Carrie Battan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
There was a boat, kind of like a tourist double-decker boat, that would bring the crew out and take them back at night.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
London Buses London’s iconic red double-decker buses operate throughout the city.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
The cause of the collision is not yet known but a video shared on social media and geolocated by CNN shows a freight train plowing into a double-decker bus that was beginning to cross the tracks in slow-moving traffic.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Carrie Battan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
There was a boat, kind of like a tourist double-decker boat, that would bring the crew out and take them back at night.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
London Buses London’s iconic red double-decker buses operate throughout the city.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2025
The cause of the collision is not yet known but a video shared on social media and geolocated by CNN shows a freight train plowing into a double-decker bus that was beginning to cross the tracks in slow-moving traffic.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Double-decker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-decker. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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