normative
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"In normative aging, hippocampal activation is deemphasized, which is probably what should be happening in a 70-year-old. But in many cases of Alzheimer's, it turns out the hippocampus is hyperactive," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Flavio’s candidacy has been presented as a less extreme and more socially normative version of his father’s policies, according to Dorson.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“There are certain normative restraints that would have held three years ago and no longer do,” said Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
They can also feel like time capsules to other dimensions; his 12-year-old daughter was scandalized by how normative bullying was after she read “Blubber,” Blume’s 1974 novel about tween mean girls and body shaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Understanding that nature is not normative does not mean that anything goes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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