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
  • As was the norm, the locals looked at them oddly while the village kids would dance.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Most of us are familiar with workplaces where low trust is the norm.
    — Sammy Rubin, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Before that, asking more fluent friends to help get the phrasing and flow right was the norm.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Asheville’s flood woes are compared to 1916, when in fact mules hauling supplies were more the norm.
    — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • If this became the norm, hungry tourists might leave with more than a full stomach.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Oct. 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
  • Such choice screens are the norm in other markets such as the European Union.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Heat pumps and solar panels and induction stoves are the norm.
    — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, TIME, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Workplace Climates Some workplaces have a climate in which presenteeism becomes the norm.
    — Erik Pham, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024

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