double standard
Example Sentences
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"Maybe it's a double standard and down to my upbringing, but I still find it attractive."
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Judge Ross is the latest in a long line of examples of the most hypocritical double standard: Judges hold others accountable for misconduct but are never held accountable themselves.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
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
In Spears' memoir, "The Woman in Me," she wrote that she noticed a double standard in the media while dating Justin Timberlake at 18.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
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
