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as in ordinary
being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events
that fateful day had begun just like any normal workday
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as in stable
having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions
if you run around screaming like that, no one will think you are normal
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as in typical
having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind
she has normal reading abilities for a child her age
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as in average
what is typical of a group, class, or series
a temperature chart showing the normals and extremes for various regions
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Recent Examples of normal
Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Temperatures will run cooler than normal on Sunday before warming back into the 70s and 80s next week.
—Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
The National Weather Service said the upcoming weather will be about 10 to 15 degrees above normal temperatures for this time of year.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Mar. 2026
Temperatures will run cooler than normal on Sunday before warming back into the 70s and 80s next week.
—Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
Mega-ships can often feel like the new normal across the industry.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, municipal courts around the state are adjusting to a new normal after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that cities cannot punish lawbreakers beyond what state statute would allow for the same offenses.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for normal
Adjective
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From Ireland to Indonesia, there’s nothing ordinary, or forgettable, about these eight hotel beds where architectural inspiration and sweet slumbers collide.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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The expectation in Washington was that ordinary Cubans, once given a spark, would rise up and overthrow Castro, weakening Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With a high, stable energy supply, the ship could support a larger number of these power-hungry containers, giving operators greater flexibility to handle cargo demand.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Obituaries, property records and data broker profiles can quietly reveal life changes that make someone appear financially stable yet emotionally vulnerable.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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While most missing items are typical things that people travel with like cellphones, backpacks and glasses, Diaz said there have been a number of unique items turned in, including a prosthetic leg, musical instruments, 55-inch-screen TVs and large generators.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Concerns have focused in particular on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Iran's coast that a fifth of the world's oil sails through on a typical day.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Americans keep money in the same bank account for an average of 17 years, largely out of habit, per data cited by AARP.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The detainees describe a camp where an average of about 3,000 people have lived per day in loud and unsanitary quarters, diseases spread easily and sleep is a luxury.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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China’s consumer-price growth accelerated to the quickest in over three years and factory deflation moderated again, after a rally in energy markets and as household spending boomed during a later-than-usual Lunar New Year holiday.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Even with a chunk of its usual rotation out, the Heat’s depth was still on display.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Another theory is that lucid dreams might be too much like waking consciousness to help with solving problems.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Heldman and Nicholson’s lucid, intelligent script thus assigns characters very different, more nuanced motivations from those we are used to in iterations of this story.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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All of the Regent’s 167 rooms and suites come standard with entry foyers and separate living areas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Mar. 2026
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There’s plenty of swinging and rotating action in this more standard amusement park-like creation, although Storer notes that riders won’t experience any actual G-forces.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The pace of this campaign is unprecedented, upending most norms of warfare and its old timelines.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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His technique evokes a social sphere that’s filled with norms and rules, traditions and laws.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Normal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normal. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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