silver standard

Example Sentences

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When America had a gold or silver standard, the federal budget ran an...

From The Wall Street Journal

Half income is said to be the "silver standard."

From BBC

What about a “silver standard” or a basket of metals?

From Forbes

Panic of 1873 resulted in national governments’ embrace of protectionist policies and a shift away from the global silver standard.

From Forbes

Its contribution to metaphor alone is legion — who would want a therapy that is, let us say, the silver standard?

From Nature