Meaning of new normal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain.
   US, idiomatic
2. The COVID-19 pandemic and associated social changes.
   euphemistic

Equivalents

Examples

“The new normal for this country is simply to survive economically.”

“However, the abnormal condition may last for a few years, and the tendency to return to the former balance may never be more than partially realized. That is to say, the abnormal situation may persist until it becomes a new normal.”

“Well, it is a fact that in most of the food businesses your sales have increased very greatly in the past few years. Whether this is a permanent new level, and whether we are some day going back to what we call a normal level or did call a normal level, I do not know. Maybe this is a new normal and, of course, there is a lag between the time farm products go down, and the time that a processed food product goes down, and the length of that time lag is dependent upon the complexity of the processes through which the basic commodity goes, until it reaches the form in which it gets to the consumer.”

“Clothing styles lead us quickest into new normals and out of old ones, as we can see quite readily by looking over the pictures in old magazines and books.”

“I hope you will comply willingly; it will speed the day when I can bow out and life can get back to normal—a new normal, free of the Authority, free of guards, free of troops stationed on us, free of passports and searches and arbitrary arrests.”

“After nine months of pregnancy, I'm sure you're ready to call your body your own and return to normal. The truth is, you probably won't feel "normal" for a while, especially if you're nursing. Even then, your new normal may turn out to be somewhat different from your old normal. […] Your body deserves time and attention during the weeks and months after your baby's birth so it can create the new normal as quickly and comfortably as possible.”

“But scientists involved in the effort warned that squabbling among teams and government representatives from more than 100 countries – over how to portray the probable amount of sea-level rise during the 21st century – could distract from the basic finding that a warming world will be one in which shrinking coastlines are the new normal for centuries to come.”

“The exhibit concluded with the statement about what the modern world owes to the Age of Revolution. It claims that the Age of Revolution “created several ‘new normals’,” among them that “slavery was fundamentally inhuman and had to be abolished”; […] But of course, these were not “normals” for much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and are still not “normals” in much of the world today.”

“How should we respond to the new normal? China's economic development is now in the new normal. This conclusion is drawn from analyzing the world economic cycle, China's development stage, and the interaction between the two. This conclusion has been widely recognized by the rest of the world. According to the IMF [International Monetary Fund], China's economic development is in the new normal, so is global economic development.”

“For a while, therefore, it looked like the great heat wave would be like mass shootings in the United States—mourned by all, deplored by all, and then immediately forgotten or superseded by the next one, until they came in a daily drumbeat and became the new normal.”

“Representative Joe Neguse of Colorado said mass shootings could not be the "new normal."”

“Extreme heat in the world's oceans passed the "point of no return" in 2014 and has become the new normal, according to research.”

“It's becoming the new normal on a network with far too many trains being cancelled, and too many cancelled at short notice causing chaos for commuters and local communities.”

“The achievement of learning outcomes in online learning in the New Normal Era was not significant because there were still challenges faced by educators.”

“What are the challenges and expectations from leadership in the new normal?”

“At its base level, life is about getting from point A to point B, a simplicity we took for granted until the New Normal stripped it from us.”

“"This is such a needed and appreciated space at this time. It would be great if something similar could remain when this new normal is over."”

“To fill the gap, this chapter interrogates the palpable shifts accelerated in the new normal affecting travel and travel behaviors.”

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