How to Use the norm in a Sentence

the norm

noun
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  • Cool days have not been the norm in the D.C. area this month.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Palatial lobbies are the norm in this part of the world.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • But back in the Mesozoic, toothed little mouths were the norm.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
  • In this stage, winning at all costs is the game and playing dirty is the norm.
    — Ray Dalio, TIME, 25 June 2024
  • None of us are down here very long, so why can’t kindness be the norm?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
  • But for rabbits and hares, large females were the norm.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • In the world of mixology, savory drinks are not the norm.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The ground constantly moves and cracks around you, and avalanches are the norm.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Potter said that in his town, buying your child a phone for sixth-grade is the norm.
    — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024
  • However, the flip side is the stress of the busy season, with 60+ hour workweeks being the norm for the first four months of the year.
    — Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Straying from the norm, he is set to take all of his official visits in the fall.
    — Robert Fenbers, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • While hybrid work is the norm, Hobsbawm thinks that might not be the case in the coming years.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In some of the largest U.S. cities, earning six figures isn’t a benchmark — it’s become the norm.
    — Mike Winters, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • But for now, these layoffs appear to be the exception, not the norm.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Before that, asking more fluent friends to help get the phrasing and flow right was the norm.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • This surge in the storm required everything to go right amid a game where that was anything but the norm.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
  • While not all Floridians are paying the same sky-high rate, the numbers are still way above the norm.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This design will likely become the norm for even base iPhones in the next release waves.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Frequent absences have become the norm in many schools.
    — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The way his free kicks are delivered, Savarese said, are just a bit more dangerous than the norm.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a lot of hype about simple items that should be the norm that companies are doing.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Approval for Elon Musk’s record-breaking pay package is the norm.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 17 June 2024
  • Smiling, friendly faces are the norm rather than the exception—from the clerk at the drugstore to folks just passing by on the street.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 May 2024
  • Only 7% of those believe that fully remote work will exist as the norm in the long term.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Its power-train layout would go on to become the norm for Maranello.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
  • With a maximum of 746 guests per sailing, Grandeur is a far cry from mega-ships where pool crowds and buffet lines are the norm.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Three-hour baths became the norm for Grace, as well as week-long acid trips and punishing daily runs.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
  • And yet, these few countries do not represent the norm across the African continent.
    — H.e. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Dr. K.y. Amoako, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Even for great teams, rebuilding seasons are more the norm than the exception.
    — John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This would be—even by Vance’s own admission—a massive departure from the norm.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2024

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