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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Netflix is looking to expand its relationship with the NFL by adding a Thanksgiving Eve matchup and one international game to its current Christmas Day doubleheader.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Sunday's Elite 8 doubleheader concludes with a clash between two of the top programs in college basketball, as 2-seed UConn and 1-seed Duke meet in the NCAA Tournament East Region Final.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Sunday was expected to be a doubleheader for Florida rocket launches, but ULA's launch time put it in jeopardy of a weather scrub, so that launch was postponed until further notice.
—Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 28 Mar. 2026
The overall American record for attendance at a women’s sporting event belongs to Nebraska volleyball, which had 92,003 fans come to a doubleheader in August 2023 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Sunday's Elite 8 doubleheader concludes with a clash between two of the top programs in college basketball, as 2-seed UConn and 1-seed Duke meet in the NCAA Tournament East Region Final.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026
Sunday was expected to be a doubleheader for Florida rocket launches, but ULA's launch time put it in jeopardy of a weather scrub, so that launch was postponed until further notice.
—Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 28 Mar. 2026
The overall American record for attendance at a women’s sporting event belongs to Nebraska volleyball, which had 92,003 fans come to a doubleheader in August 2023 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Doubleheader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doubleheader. Accessed 3 Apr. 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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