Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

Doubleday

American  
[duhb-uhl-dey] / ˈdʌb əlˌdeɪ /

noun

  1. Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

By Margaret Atwood Doubleday: 624 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, wrote in an email that the “Beachville game of 1838 is as implausibly recalled” as the Doubleday fable.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

At social media marketing agency We Are Social, some employees have even worn hot pants to work, according to managing director, Lucy Doubleday.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

By Elaine Pagels Doubleday: 336 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

I am overjoyed the publisher will be Doubleday, since they also published Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, the second most read book in the world—topped only by the Bible.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training