Definition of double-barrelednext
as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined the double-barreled goal of the company is to do well in the marketplace and to do good in the community

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Recent Examples of double-barreled But trip to Lambeau next followed by visit from Lions will be double-barreled test. Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025 It was first discovered independently by two American astronomers—Lewis Swift on July 16, 1862, and Horace Tuttle on July 19, 1862—hence its double-barreled name. Amanda Castro hannah Parry anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 The library was designed with a double-barreled roof that is supported by a row of thin iron columns, with lattice metalwork framing the ceiling. Kaela Ling, CNBC, 31 July 2025 In the spring of 2021, Old Forester launched a double-barreled bourbon that was matured in a new set of barrels for an additional two years, and whiskey fans received it with open arms. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 July 2025 The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon. Constant Méheut, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-barreled
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  • The central bank must balance a dual mandate to keep inflation under control and maximize employment.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • To give yourself more storage for holding all of your vacation must-haves, simply snap both bags together to create a dual compartment design.
    Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
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  • In 2024, Leslie teamed up with her twin sister and co-star Lyndsay Lamb for season 5 of Rock the Block, HGTV’s home renovation challenge in which the channel’s stars compete head-to-head.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Up until now, the twin Galaxy’s Edge themed lands in California and Florida have been set between 34 and 35 ABY in Black Spire Outpost, the outer rim village on the Star Wars planet of Batuu.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
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  • For Masaana Egede, editor of Greenlandic newspaper Sermitsiaq, the rhetoric from the US is pushing a binary choice that no one in Greenland agrees with.
    Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This is true, too, of trans and non-binary patients.
    Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 8 Jan. 2026

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“Double-barreled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-barreled. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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