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The phrase "are not abnormal but" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to contrast two ideas, indicating that something is not unusual and then introducing a different perspective or explanation.
Example: "These behaviors are not abnormal but rather a common response to stress."
Alternatives: "are not unusual but" or "are not atypical but".
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Some behaviours are not abnormal but are difficult for owners to accept.
Participants' reported approaches to managing pain are not abnormal, but aligned with people managing severe pain in their lives.
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The aspects of sexuality she writes about, Bloom says, may be unusual but they are not abnormal.
If you are suffering with PCOS, you are not abnormal.
But here in this country, such thoughts, such actions, such moments they are not abnormal.
The recent whale strandings, Sherr said, are not abnormal.
"These things aren't abnormal to him - they become the norm," said Mr Currie.
That is not abnormal when listing private companies, but Royal Mail was state-owned.
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