These women cannot change behavior too much from social norms or risk being cut off.

That's a long way off from the norm, but still not many.

"He had the kind of drive that was different from the norm."

And, its recovery saw a change from the norm as well.

But the size of today's deals is quite different from earlier norms.

Summer vacation is all about taking a break from the norm.

To him, that would be a major departure from the norm.

I like to produce models which are a little different from the 'norm'.

We mean to ask: What strikes you as unusual, or different from the norm?

No special knowledge was required, however, to see that the building departed from the modern norm.