Example Sentences

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Norms are a means to a larger end, which is a functioning democratic state.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

In two months of selling on Amazon, Norms has risen to No. 3 in nonpaid search presence, behind long-established brands Preparation H and Doctor Butler’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

Norms about legitimacy and governance increasingly do not apply.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

Her ambitions have a toehold in reality — she dreams of someday managing a Norms franchise — so it’s no shock that her big job interview is scheduled that very afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Norms and potency become two indissoluble factors in the evolution of the higher life.

From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)