norm
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"It something that happens regularly so it's nothing out of the norm for us," Howe said.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Over time, bullies became the exception and not the norm as prosocial traits became more likely to help genes get passed down.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
He emphasised that it is "the norm, not exception" that there is closed-door debate within the top echelons of the Islamic republic, especially at a time of such stress.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
On grading, the report recommends a new mean policy of 3.0 from the current norm of nearly all A grades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 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
Vocabulary lists containing norm
"The Hill We Climb," by Amanda Gorman
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