norm
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The court held that pretrial liberty is the norm; incarceration before conviction for any crime is the rare, carefully limited exception.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
As long as the market values earnings above all else, days like Monday will likely remain the exception rather than the norm.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Many of today’s children can expect to live to the age of 100, an increase in life expectancy that will become the norm by 2050, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
His push for limited-government concepts is not out of the norm in Texas, a state that has long worn that badge with pride.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
My second-grade classroom turned out to be a mayhem of unruly kids and flying erasers, which had not been the norm in either my experience or Craig’s.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing norm
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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Divergent
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