double-double
noun
dou·ble-dou·ble
ˌdə-bəl-ˈdə-bəl 
: an instance of a player's accumulating a total of 10 or more in two statistical categories (such as points and rebounds) in one basketball game
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The 2024 Rookie of the Year runner-up finished with 11 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists in 31 minutes, logging her 19th double-double of the season and 45th of her brief career, and putting her name on a new record in the process.
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Washingtonians can now treat themselves to double-double burgers, animal style fries and shakes at the Ridgefield location, about 25 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
And her 10 rebounds secured another double-double that the Barclays Center crowd has gotten so used to seeing.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Veteran forward Natasha Howard had 18 points and nine rebounds, and All-Star center Aliyah Boston added a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
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Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Washingtonians can now treat themselves to double-double burgers, animal style fries and shakes at the Ridgefield location, about 25 miles north of Portland, Oregon.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
And her 10 rebounds secured another double-double that the Barclays Center crowd has gotten so used to seeing.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Veteran forward Natasha Howard had 18 points and nine rebounds, and All-Star center Aliyah Boston added a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
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“Double-double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-double. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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