How to Use the norm in a Sentence

the norm

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Only 7% of those believe that fully remote work will exist as the norm in the long term.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Its power-train layout would go on to become the norm for Maranello.
  — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
• Almost thirty years later, on-demand TV shows, movies — and yes, comics — are the norm.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
• Private garages are the norm here, as are in-home washers and dryers, kitchens with granite countertops and all major appliances and access to Google Fiber.
  — Liz Ohanesian, Orange County Register, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024