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Recent Examples of norms
Effective cyber governance necessitates strong public-private collaborations, common norms, and ongoing communication.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
British officials see the visit as a way to engage a president whose foreign policy has challenged postwar norms.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Temperatures will begin to cool down to seasonal norms after Kansas City endured summer-like heat earlier this week, the weather service said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Those rates are above historic norms, said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds’ head of insights.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Try to avoid the start of the year when kids are building norms and routines, as well as between big breaks, which Cardet-Hernandez calls central learning times.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025
In the East, the northern branch of the jet stream tends to carry faster-moving, less intense storms, which can mean snowfall near or even below average, with temperatures closer to seasonal norms, AccuWeather said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
One thing that’s clear, though, is that some startup norms of the last decade are shifting.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The authoritarian regime uses power gained democratically to break democratic norms, undermine democratic institutions and tilt the playing field in its own favor.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
British officials see the visit as a way to engage a president whose foreign policy has challenged postwar norms.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry
shane Croucher
jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Temperatures will begin to cool down to seasonal norms after Kansas City endured summer-like heat earlier this week, the weather service said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Those rates are above historic norms, said Jessica Caldwell, Edmunds’ head of insights.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Try to avoid the start of the year when kids are building norms and routines, as well as between big breaks, which Cardet-Hernandez calls central learning times.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025
In the East, the northern branch of the jet stream tends to carry faster-moving, less intense storms, which can mean snowfall near or even below average, with temperatures closer to seasonal norms, AccuWeather said.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
One thing that’s clear, though, is that some startup norms of the last decade are shifting.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
The authoritarian regime uses power gained democratically to break democratic norms, undermine democratic institutions and tilt the playing field in its own favor.
—Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for norms
Noun
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When the pace of innovation slows, standards emerge.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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But Republicans should question their own members who fail in other areas that require adherence to basic standards of conscience and competence.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Continue reading … FAITH KNOCKOUT – Ben Shapiro and Bill Maher clash over morality and the Bible.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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On September 16, 2022, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jîna Amini was killed in Tehran by the city’s morality police.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Norms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/norms. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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