Example Sentences

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Being trans has helped me study the evolution of neural systems, because I don’t assume that things like neurodivergence, which are normatively considered to be “disorders” are necessarily evolutionary disadvantages.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2024

“I think that’s the problem with bitcoin — the tax evasion has become normatively accepted.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022

“It would be normatively disastrous if they went back on some of their public statements trying to defend more marginalized or vulnerable voices,” he said.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2022

“The assumption with these proposals is that it would be normatively better if more people voted,” John Samples, a vice president at the libertarian Cato Institute, said in an email.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2018

And while he is normatively correct that our expectations of privacy should be greater than they were back in the days of rotary phone booths, his claim still sounds paradoxical.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2013