norm
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When the BBC visited the London properties with the Met police, officers said squalid conditions were the norm when it comes to cuckooed premises.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The latter is baked into the law as a discretionary grant that is, despite USCIS’s description of it as an “extraordinary relief,” closer to the norm.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
But what was once accepted as the norm is now being questioned, with growing calls for humane working conditions and limits on daily hours.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
That his hopefulness reads as synthetic or unrealistic is a broader indictment of how cruel the world has become, and how quickly we’ve accepted casual coldness as the norm.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
But these are the Hunger Games, and ordinary isn't the norm.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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