mixed doubles
plural noun
: a game of doubles in which each team has a man and a woman
playing mixed doubles in tennis
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In mixed doubles last week, the U.S. took home silver after falling in the championship match to Sweden.
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Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Curling is a team sport—made up of four players on each single-gendered team, or teams of two in mixed doubles—that takes place on ice.
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 18 Feb. 2026
Spearheaded by Tabitha Peterson and mixed doubles silver-medalist Cory Thiesse, Team USA's women's curlers have beaten Denmark 10-3, strengthening their chances of making the medal playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
Austin Florian, an Olympic skeleton racer from Southington, set a track record with mixed doubles partner Mystique Ro Sunday at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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Mark Billingsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Curling is a team sport—made up of four players on each single-gendered team, or teams of two in mixed doubles—that takes place on ice.
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 18 Feb. 2026
Spearheaded by Tabitha Peterson and mixed doubles silver-medalist Cory Thiesse, Team USA's women's curlers have beaten Denmark 10-3, strengthening their chances of making the medal playoffs.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
Austin Florian, an Olympic skeleton racer from Southington, set a track record with mixed doubles partner Mystique Ro Sunday at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Mixed doubles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mixed%20doubles. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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