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back-to-back
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Princeton's WordNet
back-to-back, consecutiveadjective
one after the other
"back-to-back home runs"
Wiktionary
back-to-backadverb
With one's back facing that of somebody else.
Stand back-to-back so that we can see which of you is taller.
back-to-backadjective
sequential or consecutive.
back-to-backadjective
With one's back facing that of somebody else.
Stand back-to-back so that we can see which of you is taller.
ChatGPT
back-to-back
The term "back-to-back" can be defined as: 1) Activities or events that occur one after the other without any break in between. 2) Things that are positioned such that their backs or rear ends are directly against each other. 3) In finance, refers to an arrangement where a position in a security is offset by a future obligation or purchase. 4) Similarly, in business, it often refers to two deals or contracts where one is contingent on the other. 5) In physical layout (like in architecture or design) back-to-back can refer to objects that are closely placed together with their backs touching each other. The specific definition can depend on its context.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of back-to-back in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of back-to-back in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of back-to-back in a Sentence
With the six rounds going back-to-back almost it felt, and each time there was progress being made, we were told that progress has also been made on the hostages, i was much more hopeful in the previous rounds. Now, I don't know what to expect.
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As much as folks feel like it’s been an unrelenting winter, we actually have gotten some at least weeklong breaks and, in some cases, multi-weeklong breaks in between these sequences, had we had this winter and everything that happened back-to-back without any breaks during the storm cycles at all, the level of flooding and the level of damage in California would be dramatically higher.
Triple jump is very special and to do back-to-back is very difficult, it beats your body up and the biggest challenge is staying healthy.
You'd be hard pressed to hear a lot of female voices on country music these days, and the belief in country radio is you shouldn't play two female songs back-to-back and that women don't want to hear other women on the radio.
That’s not who we are as a team, and that was unacceptable, coming back home was kind of a chance to reset and play Chicago back-to-back.
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