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It wasn’t until the mid-1990s that clear documentation for gift agreements was the norm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

If anything, they’re starting to feel like the norm.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

Incomes have risen close to 4% in the past year, somewhat slower than the historical norm.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

When the sequence first started appearing profusely in the late seventeenth century, the norm was to cycle through just three or four chords rather than the possible chain of twelve.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

But while analysts argue that Love Island is far from a perfect mirror of society, it nonetheless operates as a cultural stage where shifting gender norms and emerging challenges are publicly rehearsed.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

He is an outdoor person, like Rose; has trouble fitting into societal norms, like Rose; and he is an ideal intellectual partner for her, bantering, well-read and ready to engage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“I always advise folks that you need to understand the industry you’re going into and what the norms are,” Boccardo said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Additionally, customer inventory levels declined, remaining lower than historical norms, while steel backlogs and lead times increased, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

People who were gay, resisted gender norms, or engaged in interracial dating often found themselves involuntarily committed.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson