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norm

noun as in average, standard

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In the world of work, virtual meetings have become the norm.

With all this evidence, mask wearing has become the norm in many places.

“Despite enormous improvements in human health over the past century, we remain far from a situation in which living to 100 years of age in fairly good health is the norm,” the authors said.

Commitment to democratic norms is faltering widely around the world.

From Ozy

Violations of norms — even the law — become justifiable depending on who is doing the rule-breaking and who is being targeted.

However, in reality, this should be the norm, not a “pleasant surprise.”

But being hung up on before having chance to tell the unnamed desk sergeant I was with the fourth estate is not the norm.

Subjectivity and exaggerating the foibles or bad reasoning of the opposition in political coverage was the norm.

For a country forever cracking down on those perceived as veering from the sexual norm, being gay is finally starting to pay.

Is behind-the-scenes duplicity, cloaked in coming-of-age business dilemma, the new norm for major-label moves?

Every one is a judge of everything, for he holds fast to the norm.

Norm couldn't sleep there without curtains to the windows; no more could we; it is right on the street, almost.

Now Norm had all his evenings to lounge about in, and had not known what to do with them; and he could read quite well.

Mr. Sherrill who had eyes for all that was going on, came forward swiftly and held a cordial hand to Norm.

"Now for supper," said Norm, who with secret delight had thought constantly of the surprise in store for Alf and Rick.

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On this page you'll find 34 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to norm, such as: benchmark, criterion, measure, model, pattern, and rule.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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