How to Use norm in a Sentence

norm

noun
  • She scored well above the norm in math.
  • Women used to stay at home to take care of the children, but that's no longer the norm.
  • Smaller families have become the norm.
  • That was the norm in sleepy races until the late 1970s.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022
  • That's not quite as fast as the summer, when 17 days was the norm.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2022
  • The teacher went on to ask if that was the norm and Williams told her yes.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Outdoor cooking is still the norm in much of the world.
    — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Reader might change that norm at the end of this season.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Then, there may be a bad body odor that falls outside of this norm.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 1 July 2022
  • My hope is that in a few years, direct listings will be the norm.
    — Spenser Skates, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • That level of per-capita loans was 45% above the U.S. norm.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 8 July 2024
  • There is a reversion to gender norms, and the women take charge of the food in the kitchen.
    — David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Cousler rarely felt safe in those types of kitchens—but those types of kitchens are too often the norm.
    — Isle McElroy, Bon Appétit, 22 June 2022
  • Morel playing a big role is becoming the norm for the Cubs.
    — Andrew Seligman, Chicago Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • And that’s kind of become the norm in this stunning season.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Short attention spans and get-rich-quick schemes are now the norm.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • In the last few years, working from home has become the new norm for a lot of people.
    — Annie O'Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The 120Hz displays are the norm in the current mobile landscape.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 16 Feb. 2022
  • So the inclusion of the revenge dress marks a departure from the norm on the show.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Trump has cast these norms aside, and the consequences are rippling around the world.
    — Massimo Calabresi, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025
  • But the past two seasons have been departures from the norm.
    — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • This will be the new norm until San Diego gets its housing and rental costs in line.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2022
  • Art reflects the social norms of the era in which it’s made, and the early-to-mid-2000s marked the height of a moral panic about weight.
    — Rebecca Bodenheimer, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In Kyiv, power cuts of 4 to 5 hours are becoming the new norm.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2022
  • That figure is well below the historic norm, the firm added.
    — Hannah Miao, WSJ, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Don't be afraid to go beyond the 'norm' and put any and everything on your brows.
    — Daisy Maldonado, Allure, 15 May 2022
  • This isn’t to say a night like Saturday has become the norm.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2023
  • All of his hits are off right-handers, which is counter to his career norms.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Increasingly, women are taking a stand, breaking down societal norms that have been in place for decades and approaching health and wellness in a holistic way.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • But almost every year after that four-year trough, as the Chinese appetite for U.S. exports increased, that percentage moved toward the historical norm of 39.95%.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025

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