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back-to-back

ADJECTIVE
next
Synonyms
STRONGEST
later
WEAK
abutting adjacent adjoining after alongside attached beside close closest coming consequent coterminous ensuing following hard by meeting nearest neighboring on the side proximate side-by-side subsequent succeeding touching
Antonyms
WEAK
earlier preceding previous

Example Sentences

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Hampshire have three more back to back - starting at home to Glamorgan on Friday - before England's first Test of the summer.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

Staff at a business in Swansea have said it was "absolutely nuts" to have American rapper Snoop Dogg perform a full hour private set of "back to back classics" in their canteen.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Bullock’s calendar is now packed back to back with Beltway meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

It also filled a gap from April 22, shortly after back to back bottoming bullish counterattack and engulfing candles on April 7 and 9.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

She turned so the two of them were back to back.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez