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The phrase "a sort of double" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that resembles or has characteristics of a double, often in a metaphorical or comparative sense.
Example: "The painting is a sort of double of the original, capturing the same essence but with a unique twist."
Alternatives: "a kind of double" or "a type of double".
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You get a sort of double thing.
There was a sort of double bookkeeping, forced by circumstances.
"It's a sort of double whammy," Dr. Lesser said.
NOT for the first time, Americans are seeing Italy with a sort of double vision.
Wouldn't that make his actual acting a sort of double performance?
So the question was — First, it was the accusation before the question, that I'm holding a sort of double standard.
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Harneis described "a sort of double-tap.
That component, alpha-thujone, has a sort of double-negative effect on the brain.
Reykjavík is perhaps the hippest capital in Northern Europe, a sort of double-sized Williamsburg, with fjords instead of the L train.
The prototype of a sort of double-wide subway car on stilts, was completed a few months later and given a test run, with regular passenger vehicles driving underneath.
And it opens its latest season Saturday with a sort of double-bill: the Ridge Quartet and Jeffrey Kahane, the pianist, in a program of piano quartets and quintets.
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