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• plural of double.
• present tense form of double (3rd person singular).

doubles

British  

/ ˈdʌbəlz /

noun

1. (functioning as plural)

   1. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a doubles player

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They may be 66 years apart in age, but on the tennis court David McCandless and his doubles partner Liam have developed a partnership that has proved a winning combination.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

The routine doubles as exercise for Nill and enrichment for the cats, she said: “Kill two birds with one stone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Rarely has a women's doubles first-round match headlined the US Open night session - but the Williams sisters are like no other pairing.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The London Stock Exchange is planning to allow traders to buy and sell tokenized stocks in its 24-hour trading venue, as the bourse doubles down on its push into digital assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I teamed up with a white South African junior player from Cape Town in doubles; we won our first-round match and lost in three sets in the second.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane