norm
B2Academic AWL-9UK /nɔːm/US /nɔːrm/
Meaning
noun
a situation or a pattern of behaviour that is usual or expected
“The new design is a departure from the norm.”
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“And so we had, as was the norm, live-in domestic help, who would often come from nearby rural villages.”
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