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double standard

[duhb-uhl stan-derd] / ˈdʌb əl ˈstæn dərd /
NOUN
contrasting principles
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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

Robert Brusca, chief economist at FAO Economics, said Warsh was the victim of a double standard.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

"There's an enormous double standard with this," Ford says.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Did the nation’s history and traditions set up this double standard and “allow Idaho to compel this sacrifice”? Winmill observed that Seyb had produced significant evidence to the contrary.

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

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



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