in back
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: in an area at the back of something
The clerk brought out the item from the storeroom in back
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The Padres won at least 90 games in back-to-back seasons in 2024 and 2025 for the first time in franchise history, but the club has been marred by fighting in the ownership suite since Peter’s death.
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
And the regular season certainly started that way, when the Packers resoundingly beat the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders in back-to-back weeks.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
This marks the first of six times this season that the Heat will face the same opponent in back-to-back games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
The Flyers faced Chara and the Bruins in back-to-back years in the playoffs.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
And the regular season certainly started that way, when the Packers resoundingly beat the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders in back-to-back weeks.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
This marks the first of six times this season that the Heat will face the same opponent in back-to-back games.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
The Flyers faced Chara and the Bruins in back-to-back years in the playoffs.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
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“In back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20back. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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