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  • verb Present participle of norm.

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Examples

  • By "norming" such speech, they give tacit approval for the most radical members of such groups to consider violent action acceptable, as if the collective unconscious of the Right is trolling for an assassin--while maintaining deniability.

    Archive 2010-04-01 Steven Barnes 2010

  • By "norming" such speech, they give tacit approval for the most radical members of such groups to consider violent action acceptable, as if the collective unconscious of the Right is trolling for an assassin--while maintaining deniability.

    Facebook Group 'Praying' For President Obama's Death Passes 1 Million Members Steven Barnes 2010

  • Christ, he was giving aid and comfort to perverts the world over, "norming" the tactics they would use to seduce the innocent.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Steven Barnes 2009

  • Christ, he was giving aid and comfort to perverts the world over, "norming" the tactics they would use to seduce the innocent.

    On Micheal Jackson's Downfall Steven Barnes 2009

  • While Davidson was "norming" this mood index by inviting hundreds of people into the lab to be assessed, he happened to invite for testing an elderly Tibetan lama who had come to give a talk at the University of Wisconsin.

    Dan Goleman: Joyful Wisdom: How Happy Can We Be? 2009

  • I also hear the "norming" thing, although I don't deal with people othering me quite as often.

    The monday panty shot, plus badminton and raining blood (a happy post!) Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • For almost any domestic issue one can imagine, there are likely to be nongovernmental organizations roaming the international arena desperately trying to turn their priorities into "norming" issues.

    unknown title 2009

  • If there were just a single issue to watch for major developments in this Administration's future, it would unquestionably be the UN and multilateralism, both on political questions and on the international "norming" of policies heretofore properly considered domestic in nature, such as gun control, the death penalty, abortion and many others, starting with climate change.

    Israpundit 2009

  • But "norming" goes far beyond such prosaic concerns.

    unknown title 2009

  • I do get sucked into anything where people are "norming" me: like, "Yours!

    The monday panty shot, plus badminton and raining blood (a happy post!) Elizabeth McClung 2008

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