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
Upholding the gold standard, the majority, or Roberts report, urged every nation that can do so to stick to gold, flayed proposals for bimetallism or a return to the silver standard.
From Time Magazine Archive
The argument in behalf of a double standard is double-tongued, when in fact nothing is intended, or can be the outcome, but a single silver standard.
From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander
