Used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college.
Next to the last in a sequence.
1Ryan called as I was dropping the next-to-last report in my outbox.
2We then cycled through the bathroom for a next-to-last gravity-assisted waste collection.
3Trembling, I placed the next-to-last match head on the striker strip.
4Did Jerry Falwell really die on the next-to-last day of my Liberty semester?
5Soon they reached the next-to-last cell, and the guards stopped to open the door.
6Then, allowing for the indent next-to-last line from the bottom:
7Musberger was calling his next-to-last game and his final game with analyst Dick Vitale.
8We have reached the next-to-last chapter of my unburdening, and the weather is appropriate.
9On the next-to-last page the handwriting was easier to read, as if written slow.
10And do we have fantastic prizes for our next-to-last winner?
11In the next-to-last panel, the couple ask a third person to take sides... View Article
12Pictured above is the next-to-last iteration of Charles Darwin's journey into 21st century media technology.
13You are the next-to-last thing that can halt the enemy and save your team's bacon.
14It's the next-to-last non-conference clash for the Wolfpack before beginning the gauntlet of ACC play.
15As he crawled doggedly up the next-to-last flight, Vivian found she was holding her breath.
16The next-to-last portrait was of a woman with dark hair, dark eyes, and sharp features.