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norm

[nawrm] / nɔrm /


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Undergraduate legal education is already the norm worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“I’m currently working on an accessible life-coaching resource in the style of an ‘80s TV show, using YouTube videos, to show others they can defy the societal norm of being miserable,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

"Violence cannot be the norm for expressing disagreement, be it with politics or a technology or any other matter," said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

For now, that aligns more closely with the norm; more often than not in at least the last 10 years, data show that front-month Brent has traded above front-month WTI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

My second-grade classroom turned out to be a mayhem of unruly kids and flying erasers, which had not been the norm in either my experience or Craig’s.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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