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Six example sentences with bimetallic, each labelled with its topic.
Nineteenth-century reformers argued that a bimetallic standard would raise prices enough to relieve farmers buried in debt.
Economics
The 1896 campaign turned on whether the country should keep gold alone or return to bimetallic coinage.
History
Under a bimetallic regime the mint accepts both at a fixed ratio, which speculators quickly learn to exploit.
Finance
The Populists made bimetallic money their rallying cry, and Bryan's speech about a cross of gold won him the nomination.
Politics
Some readers see the Wizard of Oz as a bimetallic parable, with silver slippers carrying Dorothy down a road of gold.
Literature
The Coinage Act of 1873 quietly ended the bimetallic standard by dropping the silver dollar from the list of coins.
Law
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