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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a double edge" is not correct in English; it should be "a double-edged" when used as an adjective.
You can use it to describe something that has both positive and negative consequences or effects.
Example: "The new policy is a double-edged sword, as it may improve efficiency but also lead to job losses."
Alternatives: "a double-edged sword" or "a two-sided coin".
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But that argument has a double edge.
Yet, perhaps inevitably, this equality has a double edge.
Even that scene has a double edge; he's using the time to try to teach himself to read.
"They'd only die," Mrs. Crozier said, not seeming to realize that this remark had a double edge to it, under the circumstances.
[C2.] Fewer Internet Backbone Providers Last week's Web site attacks were a reminder that technology's sword of individual empowerment has a double edge.
The "so were all of you" of the Krenz creases has a double edge for Mr. Schulze, a former East German.
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However, this property can prove to be a double edge-sword when the desired shape has to have a specific topology.
"It's a double-edge sword," Ganis said.
ELECTRONIC technology can be a double-edge sword, as Ford might attest after recent close shaves.
Addressing the challenge facing midwifery education is, perhaps, a double-edge sword.
His plastic peeler, called the Shell, has a double-edge cutting blade and neatly collects peels in its container, which opens easily to empty.
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