norm
Example Sentences
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With China’s nationwide averages at or above seasonal norms, demand for LNG for heating and power is likely to ease, reducing competition for Europe.
Old habits die hard when winning becomes the norm, but sometimes key decisions are taken out of your hands.
From BBC
When she moves back, she said, she plans to work in higher education, teaching international law and human rights—which she has been doing in Florida—as Venezuela seeks to restore legal norms and institutions.
Baby boomers, the West’s most affluent cohort, have been enthusiastic disrupters of cultural norms.
Unlike in ancient Rome, where the norms dividing civil and military deteriorated, in America they became stronger.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.