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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Bueckers tallied 16 points and matched her career high with 10 assists, recording her second points–assists double-double of the season.
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Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 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
Dearica Hamby had a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 19 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
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Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 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
Dearica Hamby had a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds.
—John W. Davis, Oc Register, 19 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
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“Double-double.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-double. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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