Definition of "next-to-last" [next-to-last]

• Immediately preceding the last in a sequence. (adjective)

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• "It will be Endeavour's final flight and the next-to-last shuttle mission, and will feature the delivery of a $2 billion physics experiment to the International Space Station."
• "It is the next-to-last flight in NASA's 30-year shuttle program."
• "NASA later determined the damage posed no threat to the next-to-last flight in the 30-year shuttle program."