norms
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The aging tankers operate outside global norms for insuring and regulating shipping, which means they are often insured and underwritten by Russia’s state-backed banks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The question now is how much Elon Musk will be able to circumvent industry norms and speed things up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
They break norms, provoke endless litigation, and inspire politicians to invest more time in line drawing than in policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Another area pupils will be taught is AI's biases towards certain norms because of the information it is trained on.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
By the time she turned twenty-three, she gave in to societal norms and decided to get married to a first cousin she had never met.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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