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norm

[nawrm] / nɔrm /


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However, with strong earnings providing fundamental support, those swoons are likely to be the exception rather than the norm.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The company plans to sell shares at $135 apiece, eschewing the norm of setting a price range and incorporating investor feedback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The latter is baked into the law as a discretionary grant that is, despite USCIS’s description of it as an “extraordinary relief,” closer to the norm.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Once that rule is internalized, it spreads and becomes the new norm.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Small ensembles playing 'Baroque’ instruments at lower pitch had become the norm.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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