double standard
Example Sentences
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A junior member of President Emmanuel Macron's government Wednesday criticized Clooney getting his passport despite speaking poor French, saying the move suggested a "double standard."
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
This contrast exposes a stark double standard in U.S. policy.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2025
The League and its backers have for months argued that Sanchez’s case has laid bare a double standard in the way that command staff and rank-and-file officers are treated, which has hurt morale.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025
Bass said it was critical that the next chief to address one of officers’ main gripes: the view that the department’s much-maligned disciplinary system has created a double standard for high-ranking officers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
He complained of a double standard that made him a second-class person, and noted that his confidant Andy Kim was dating an intern.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
