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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost a norm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is close to being a standard or typical practice, but not quite fully established as such.
Example: "In recent years, remote work has become almost a norm in many industries, especially after the pandemic."
Alternatives: "nearly standard" or "close to common practice".
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But both directors served a knowing audience, for whom experimentation was almost a norm, or at least something expected.
It's become almost a norm to see renewables as part of the landscape.
But censorship by companies control privatized political space is now almost a norm.
"Drug use was almost a norm," said Baros.
My aristocratic friends down in Latin America openly say this: There's almost a norm or value against entrepreneurialism.
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"There's a lot of concern that the level of abuse and harassment goes unrecorded because it's seen almost as a norm.
He said that this kind of white lie was almost a societal norm.
It's almost a societal norm that it's become where it is acceptable that we do tell certain lies at certain times.
How would people look at you? It's a shame that it is almost a cultural norm and expected that you be dissatisfied with your body.
When the chain gets rolling, it expects to have a pretax profit of almost 10percentt, compared with a norm of no more than 3percentt pre-tax for food stores.
In fact, it's not just the prevailing norm- it is a norm almost stunningly resistant to change.
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