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Recent Examples of norms
There’s no shared leadership, no emergent norms, no psychological safety—but also no fear or status dynamics holding them back.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Teens are deeply immersed in the online world, and online spaces are quickly emerging as critical places where teens socialize and learn the rules and norms of their society.
—Alvin Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Undeterred by court orders over racial profiling, Bovino also revels in breaking norms.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
In an article for Harvard Business Review, Allison Shapira explored how post-pandemic shifts have challenged conventional wardrobe norms.
—Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Think of individual workplaces as their own countries, each governed by a specific set of social norms and ways of operating.
—Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Breaking structural norms To make the measurement, the team used ISOLDE’s collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy (CRIS) apparatus, which is one of the few instruments in the world capable of resolving fine details in neutron-rich nuclei.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The real challenge — and opportunity — is unlearning past norms and creating new ones so that flexibility doesn’t become synonymous with always on.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
After dipping in late 2024, average buyer’s agent fees have returned to roughly historical norms — undercutting the negotiating power the rule change was meant to give buyers.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Teens are deeply immersed in the online world, and online spaces are quickly emerging as critical places where teens socialize and learn the rules and norms of their society.
—Alvin Thomas, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Undeterred by court orders over racial profiling, Bovino also revels in breaking norms.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
In an article for Harvard Business Review, Allison Shapira explored how post-pandemic shifts have challenged conventional wardrobe norms.
—Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Think of individual workplaces as their own countries, each governed by a specific set of social norms and ways of operating.
—Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Breaking structural norms To make the measurement, the team used ISOLDE’s collinear resonance ionization spectroscopy (CRIS) apparatus, which is one of the few instruments in the world capable of resolving fine details in neutron-rich nuclei.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The real challenge — and opportunity — is unlearning past norms and creating new ones so that flexibility doesn’t become synonymous with always on.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
After dipping in late 2024, average buyer’s agent fees have returned to roughly historical norms — undercutting the negotiating power the rule change was meant to give buyers.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for norms
Noun
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The advent of short-form cricket has seen fielding standards rise rapidly in the past decade.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The standards for staffing levels are based on federal regulations from the Office of Personnel Management.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This deep connection between trees and morality is further evidenced in a trope of Western literature in which humans are transformed into trees, sometimes as an embodiment of sin.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Ferguson stars as Captain Olivia Walker, a senior White House official tasked with keeping the government functioning as panic sets in, while Idris Elba plays a top national security adviser who must balance strategy with morality.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Norms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/norms. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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