The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The EFA said it had lodged a complaint with football's world governing body and wants an investigation into "double standards" of officiating in the game in Atlanta.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
To fight the industry’s double standards, she created a wealth of her own, making Madonna impossible to pin down and thus endlessly fascinating.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Productivity improvements should drive significant increases in real take-home wages. A 1-percentage-point increase in annual productivity growth would double standards of living within a single generation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Through her fierce exposure of her ugly travails, Ms. Williams’s Anna seems to grow in stature and radiance—becoming a truth-teller who isn’t afraid to risk love, or life, to expose men’s hypocrisies and double standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Dear Diary, In class today we discussed how double standards exist for men and women.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
