double standard
Example Sentences
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Guillermo Valdés Castellanos, a former director of Mexico’s national intelligence agency, took to the pages of Mexico’s La Aurora last week to point out the double standard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
New grads are caught in a double standard around AI.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai waved off the double standard as an “asinine observation” in a NewsNation interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Maybe it's a double standard and down to my upbringing, but I still find it attractive."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Plus, they were all too aware of the double standard being laid down between the loggers and the tourists.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
