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Recent Examples of norms
One thing that’s clear, though, is that some startup norms of the last decade are shifting.
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Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Overhead work must be shared fairly, not assigned based on outdated gender norms.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
An act like this just further feeds into the cycle of fear, grievance and retaliation that erodes democratic norms and highlights the dangerous realities that public figures across the political spectrum now have to deal with.
—Nick Mordowanec
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The method was also widely used in mainland China until government regulations started calling for steel and aluminum scaffolds, in keeping with international norms, in the 1990s.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Over the summer, alarm at Israel’s regional wars led prominent Saudi commentators to describe Israel as a chief spoiler, a routine violator of international norms and a contributor to instability.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Neither of them wanted to have children or be contained by social norms.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Undeterred by court orders over racial profiling, Bovino also revels in breaking norms.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 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
Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Overhead work must be shared fairly, not assigned based on outdated gender norms.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
An act like this just further feeds into the cycle of fear, grievance and retaliation that erodes democratic norms and highlights the dangerous realities that public figures across the political spectrum now have to deal with.
—Nick Mordowanec
jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The method was also widely used in mainland China until government regulations started calling for steel and aluminum scaffolds, in keeping with international norms, in the 1990s.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Over the summer, alarm at Israel’s regional wars led prominent Saudi commentators to describe Israel as a chief spoiler, a routine violator of international norms and a contributor to instability.
—Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Neither of them wanted to have children or be contained by social norms.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Undeterred by court orders over racial profiling, Bovino also revels in breaking norms.
—Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for norms
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But Republicans should question their own members who fail in other areas that require adherence to basic standards of conscience and competence.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Align With Compliance Work with your legal team to ensure the policy meets any relevant laws or standards, such as HIPAA in healthcare, GDPR in the EU or other data protection rules.—
Mike Rosen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Continue reading … FAITH KNOCKOUT – Ben Shapiro and Bill Maher clash over morality and the Bible.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On September 16, 2022, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jîna Amini was killed in Tehran by the city’s morality police.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Norms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/norms. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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