silver standard
Example Sentences
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Judging by that silver standard, England have come a long way during his three years in charge.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Half income is said to be the "silver standard."
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2016
Sometimes you have to settle for the silver standard or the bronze standard, but I still advocate for the gold standard.”
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2013
In his house at Lake Hopatcong, N. J., resting on a silver standard, is a baseball which Babe Ruth has not autographed.
From Time Magazine Archive
I believe that England would be now the very poorest country in the world if the silver standard abroad had been kept up, and gold had not been generally introduced.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
