norm
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The flu normally starts in the Southeastern states, but this year it started on the West Coast—a break from the norm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It might not be the norm yet, but why not be an early adopter?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Firms have been gradually drawing people back into the office since working from home became the norm for some office workers during the Covid pandemic.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
There are very rare reports about people getting pregnant in their late 40s, but data shows that this is far from the norm.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
But these are the Hunger Games, and ordinary isn't the norm.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
The question now is how much Elon Musk will be able to circumvent industry norms and speed things up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
These are the norms for social engagement on college campuses today—from sober monitors and consent ambassadors, to strict requirements and paperwork to throw campus shindigs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
"That goes against all of the norms that we have within the NHS in Scotland around safe prescribing practices."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The conversation around who pays for birthday dinners is often tied to cultural norms.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Thanks to the appearance of fiction, even people with the same genetic make-up who lived under similar ecological conditions were able to create very different imagined realities, which manifested themselves in different norms and values.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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