back-to-backs

Two shows straight

Back-to-backs are consecutive events, games, or broadcasts scheduled immediately after one another: The team plays back-to-backs in Chicago and Detroit.

In British usage, back-to-backs are terraced houses sharing rear walls, built cheaply in industrial cities during the 19th century.

The term emphasizes succession without pause or separation.

positioning

adjacent

Directly next to

contiguous · flush · successive · sequential · continuous · uninterrupted · tandem · series · chain · lined up

housing

terraced

Arranged in successive levels

alleyways · courtyards · slum clearance · industrial · Leeds · urban · narrow · brick · chimney · sanitation

sports

doubleheader

Two games, same day

fatigue · rotation · travel · stamina · NBA · baseball · cricket · fixtures · congestion · recovery

seating

bench

Shared seating surface

  • trainRail vehicle or instruct
  • carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
  • boothTemporary enclosed compartment

subway · commuter · compartment · metro · arrangement · passengers · configuration · transit · railway · coach

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temporal spacing

back-to-backsspread out

Extended over distance

spaced out · intermittent · scattered · sporadic · staggered

housing arrangement

back-to-backsdetached houses

Dwellings built separately

semi-detached · estate homes · single-family homes · villas

break time

back-to-backsunhurried

Taking one's time

Family

back, backs, backed, backing, backer, backers, backless, backside, backyard

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