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Recent Examples of norms
Sleepy Hollow’s rigid norms and rules are all ultimately just Sharon’s very strong preferences.
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Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
At Goddard, Segrid Harris was appointed ETD director in January and began enforcing rigid expectations that many staff saw as a cultural break from NASA norms.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Before the settlement, legal observers’ predicted that the suit would be dismissed due to industry norms pertaining to interview editing.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
The original clowning actors in the United States joined trick riders on horseback, jugglers, and rope walkers to draw laughs by mocking conventional norms of the time.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The show does not shy away from drawing direct lines to today’s Constitution-shredding destruction of democratic and societal norms.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
What were the social norms of this culture or region?
—Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
And, yes, the current administration’s attacks on democratic norms are alarming.
—Neal Fornaciari, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
At Goddard, Segrid Harris was appointed ETD director in January and began enforcing rigid expectations that many staff saw as a cultural break from NASA norms.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Before the settlement, legal observers’ predicted that the suit would be dismissed due to industry norms pertaining to interview editing.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
But communal norms have no room for the unique nature of their relationship; having learned of the friendship, Kammo’s aunt forbids the girl from associating with the Muslim Hamida, and this rupture reignites Hamida’s previous trauma of repudiation.
—JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
The original clowning actors in the United States joined trick riders on horseback, jugglers, and rope walkers to draw laughs by mocking conventional norms of the time.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
The show does not shy away from drawing direct lines to today’s Constitution-shredding destruction of democratic and societal norms.
—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
What were the social norms of this culture or region?
—Latria Graham, AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
And, yes, the current administration’s attacks on democratic norms are alarming.
—Neal Fornaciari, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for norms
Noun
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Rather, the slow start (by Ovechkin’s standards) to this season seemed due more to poor puck luck.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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For starters, he or she will be armed with some of the top TV and film incentives in the nation, crediting up to 40 percent of qualified expenses against taxes for productions that meet a series of minimum standards.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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However, by the time of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, which allowed the Taliban to return to power, the perception of the morality and efficacy of that long war had dwindled in the international community.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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To be a genre television spy requires a particular sense of morality and truth, coupled with a self-preservation instinct that means never letting your guard down.—
Lily Osler,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Norms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/norms. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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