as in normality
the state or fact of being the way things usually are
a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life
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For some John Muir students, prom night, which took place at Le Méridien hotel in Arcadia, offered a rare sense of normalcy and a chance to celebrate with their friends.
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
After the past two years of binging on the elixir of AI, I was lured into thinking a sense of normalcy had finally returned when the inevitable happened...new shiny objects emerged.
—Michael Hicks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Haidar, whose story travelled around the globe, is aching to restore a semblance of normalcy to her life.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In other words, cancer robs people of normalcy and disrupts careers, relationships, and the simple joys of life.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
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Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
After the past two years of binging on the elixir of AI, I was lured into thinking a sense of normalcy had finally returned when the inevitable happened...new shiny objects emerged.
—Michael Hicks, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Haidar, whose story travelled around the globe, is aching to restore a semblance of normalcy to her life.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In other words, cancer robs people of normalcy and disrupts careers, relationships, and the simple joys of life.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for normalcy
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“Normalcy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/normalcy. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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