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Once he established his high-end consulting firm, Reilly retained his political staffers at no small expense, even during the lull between campaigns, rather than hiring and firing them as seasonal workers, which was the norm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Cases began falling dramatically after a two-dose vaccine regimen became the norm.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

This clear-eyed approach to end-of-life planning is not the norm, even when someone knows the end is coming sooner than they would have hoped.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

One of the earlier personalities to break the norm over male surnames was Peter Kĩgia, a Kenyan musician who chose his mother's name as his stage name.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Things that are the norm in the States, like tampons, were new to my mom.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

By the 1960s, the women's liberation movement began challenging many of those norms.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

When professionalism is subjective, adopting what might seem like outdated norms is probably the smarter move.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

But norms mean nothing to Patel, who recently sued The Atlantic over its reporting.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Set in 1897 in rural Australia, the film follows Davis’ Sybylla, who dreams of becoming a writer, an unconventional aspiration given her family’s poverty and societal norms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Like many celebrities today, the Fox sisters broke social norms.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock