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Recent Examples of norms
British monarchs are subject to rules and norms meant to prevent them from taking overtly political stands.
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Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
In a speech to Congress, the monarch avoided naming the president but highlighted democratic norms, Ukraine and Western unity.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Malloy’s philosophy challenges norms that position clinicians as distant figures.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Free speech norms do not sustain themselves.
—Jason Jewell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump doesn’t care about previous relationships or historic norms.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
In stepped the Atlanta surrealist Young Thug, whose main gift to songwriting has been his ease with dismantling its norms.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Yet her grandmother defied those rigid gender norms, passing on to her the ancestral practice of the backstrap loom — an ancient, portable device operated using a strap secured around the weaver’s waist.
—María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Owen Carr, chief marketing officer for Spreetail, agreed that the speed of technology has outpaced social and legal norms.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
In a speech to Congress, the monarch avoided naming the president but highlighted democratic norms, Ukraine and Western unity.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2026
Malloy’s philosophy challenges norms that position clinicians as distant figures.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Free speech norms do not sustain themselves.
—Jason Jewell, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump doesn’t care about previous relationships or historic norms.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
In stepped the Atlanta surrealist Young Thug, whose main gift to songwriting has been his ease with dismantling its norms.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Yet her grandmother defied those rigid gender norms, passing on to her the ancestral practice of the backstrap loom — an ancient, portable device operated using a strap secured around the weaver’s waist.
—María Teresa Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Owen Carr, chief marketing officer for Spreetail, agreed that the speed of technology has outpaced social and legal norms.
—Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for norms
Noun
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The Joint Commission, widely regarded as the gold standard in health care, evaluates organizations through rigorous and often unannounced inspections, ensuring that patient care, safety protocols, and clinical operations consistently meet the highest standards.—
Ascend Agency,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Today, some of the most beloved musicals of the American theater can sometimes seem outmoded and vaguely inappropriate, since society’s standards have changed radically in the last 60 years.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Baselitz was charged with offending public morality; the case dragged on for two years before being dismissed, but his reputation was cemented.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
1 May 2026
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At the time, plenty of commentators treated Juicero as a morality tale.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Norms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/norms. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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