DOUBLE-BARRELED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

double-barreled

adjective

ˌdə-bəl-ˈber-əld

Definition of double-barreled

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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Several Japanese nationals, including executives at top Japanese firms, were reportedly detained in August over alleged violations of dual-use goods export restrictions.

— Anniek Bao,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
Part of the balancing act comes at the urging of his mother, Trish, who’s even pushing for Max, an A student already taking dual-enrollment college classes, to go away and attend a university.

— Tyler Carmona, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of dual

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This twin achievement of expanding its treasury and posting outsize shareholder returns puts the Hyperliquid DAT in stark contrast to its peers.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
These twin trends—an aging Leninist system sliding toward one-man rule and mounting political inertia in the face of anything that might trigger social unrest—have eroded China’s governance capacity.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of twin

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Those sympathetic to the movement argue that’s not the case — and that there was never a binary choice at hand between progressive ideology and the ideas abundance advocates stand for.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
All event contracts have binary outcomes between $0 to $1, and no matter what price a speculator pays to place a trade, someone has to take the other side of that order and make $1 in total volume.

— Ananya Chetia,Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

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double (back)

double-barreled

double bind

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